Senior mobile apps talent and rates in Real Estate
Senior mobile apps engineers serving real estate run roughly $110–$165/hr. Stack realities for this combination: RESO Web API + IDX vendors + DocuSign + Plaid earnest-money + CoreLogic property data — common integrations: MLS (RESO Web API), Zillow / Realtor.com data feeds, DocuSign / Dotloop e-signature. Geolocation showing-history, signed disclosure timestamps, agent location tracking
What mobile apps actually requires in 2026
2026 cross-platform default is React Native with Expo + EAS Build, supplanting Flutter for most consumer apps (faster JS ecosystem, better OTA via Expo Updates). Native iOS Swift + SwiftUI dominates fintech; native Kotlin + Compose dominates Android-first markets like India and Southeast Asia. A real senior mobile engineer ships in a single store-ready binary, handles push tokens, deep links, biometric auth, and App Tracking Transparency prompts. Builders who only know JS/RN without native debugging skills will wipe out on 20% of production bugs that require Xcode or Android Studio inspection.