A mobile CV should quickly show what you shipped, how it behaved in production (crashes, performance, UX), and how you work with product/design/backend.
See the general guide: IT CV template (Romania).
TL;DR
- Mobile hiring is about delivery + stability + UX.
- Show evidence: releases, crash rate, performance wins, store ratings, monitoring.
- Mention the hard parts when they’re relevant: offline sync, auth, state, push notifications, deep links.
Quick checklist (before you send)
- Title: “Mobile Developer (iOS/Swift)” / “Android (Kotlin)” / “React Native” / “Flutter”.
- 3–6 strong bullets for your latest role (impact + context + outcome).
- 1–2 clean links (GitHub/portfolio). For mobile: screenshots and a short demo video help.
- If you’ve shipped to production, include 1–2 production signals (Crashlytics/Sentry, performance, rollout approach).
Recommended structure (Mobile)
- Header (clean links + role/platform)
- Summary (2–4 lines: platform + what you deliver + what you’re targeting)
- Experience (impact + stability + cross-team work)
- Selected projects (recommended for juniors/switchers; include 1–2 screenshots + link)
- Skills (grouped: platform, cross‑platform, tooling)
- Education/Certs (short)
What a strong bullet looks like (Mobile)
Useful formula: Action + context (feature/flow) + stack + outcome (metric or verifiable signal).
Examples:
- “Reduced crash rate by ~35% by fixing top crashes and adding guardrails (Crashlytics + Swift).”
- “Improved cold start by ~20% via profiling and initialization cleanup (Kotlin + Android Studio Profiler).”
- “Shipped an onboarding experiment (A/B) and increased completion on step X (analytics + iteration).”
No metrics? Use signals people trust:
- fewer post‑release incidents, fewer rollbacks, faster builds, clearer rollout controls, higher test coverage for critical flows, reduced UI regressions.
Bullet library (Mobile)
Pick 6–10 that are actually true for you, then tailor them to the job description.
Product impact (ship + measure)
- “Shipped [feature] that reduced drop-off in onboarding (A/B test + analytics).”
- “Improved app startup time by [X%] via cold-start profiling and lazy initialization.”
- “Reduced crash rate by [X%] by fixing top crashes and adding guardrails (Crashlytics/Sentry).”
- “Reduced time‑to‑first‑action in [flow] by optimizing UI and local caching.”
Performance & UX
- “Improved scroll performance by optimizing list rendering and image loading.”
- “Reduced memory usage by [change], improving stability on older devices.”
- “Built a UI component pattern that improved consistency and cut UI regressions.”
- “Improved accessibility (contrast, VoiceOver/TalkBack, focus), reducing friction for users.”
Reliability & releases
- “Introduced release checklist + staged rollout, reducing incidents after releases.”
- “Added monitoring for critical flows, reducing time-to-detect issues in production.”
- “Improved CI pipeline for mobile builds (faster, more reliable, fewer ‘works on my machine’ issues).”
- “Reduced build times via caching and separating pipeline stages (CI).”
- “Introduced feature flags for controlled rollouts and safer releases.”
Integrations & hard features
- “Implemented push notifications (segmentation + deep links) for [use case].”
- “Built offline-first sync for [feature], handling conflicts and retry logic.”
- “Integrated payments/login provider securely, handling edge cases and token refresh.”
- “Implemented universal/app links and standardized routing across the app.”
- “Built a networking layer with retries/backoff and timeouts to improve reliability on poor networks.”
iOS (Swift/Objective‑C)
- “Migrated a feature from UIKit to SwiftUI (or vice‑versa) incrementally while keeping UX stable.”
- “Optimized complex layouts (Auto Layout) to reduce jank and improve responsiveness.”
- “Prioritized top production issues (crashes/perf) and shipped fixes with measurable improvements.”
Android (Kotlin/Java)
- “Refactored to a clearer architecture (e.g., MVVM) to improve testability and release stability.”
- “Reduced ANRs by moving heavy work off the main thread and improving lifecycle handling.”
- “Added lint/strict checks to prevent recurring regressions.”
Cross‑platform (React Native/Flutter)
- “Improved delivery speed by reusing components across iOS/Android and standardizing a small design system.”
- “Integrated native modules for a critical feature (camera, BLE, payments) and documented the API.”
- “Fixed performance issues by profiling and optimizing rendering (e.g., large lists).”
Quality & testing
- “Added unit tests for critical logic and UI tests for key flows to reduce release regressions.”
- “Automated regression checks on CI (and device farms when available).”
- “Reduced reopen rate by pairing fixes with tests that prevent recurrence.”
Collaboration (Product/Design/Backend)
- “Clarified requirements and edge cases early, reducing rework during implementation.”
- “Worked with backend on API contracts (error codes, retries, pagination) to reduce integration bugs.”
- “Partnered with design to turn mockups into reusable components with consistent states.”
Common mistakes
- Only listing technologies (“Swift, Kotlin, Firebase”) without what changed because of them.
- No proof of stability: shipping mobile without mentioning monitoring/testing is a missed chance.
- Portfolio links that look unfinished (broken builds, messy repos, no README).
Useful keywords (use only what you actually did)
- cold start, profiling, performance
- crash monitoring, release rollout, staged deploy
- offline sync, caching, deep links, push notifications
- state management, architecture patterns
- accessibility, localization
- CI/CD, build optimization, feature flags
- networking, retries, auth, token refresh
Mobile CV template (copy/paste)
FAQ
Should I include App Store / Google Play links?
If you can, yes. If you can’t (internal apps, privacy), use alternatives: screenshots, a short demo video, and clear impact + stack bullets.
What if I don’t have metrics?
Use signals: fewer crashes, fewer rollbacks, faster builds, better monitoring, more stable releases, reduced UI regressions.
