iOS Developer (Swift, AI Assisted) | Part-time contractor | Remote (Colombia & Mexico)
Theo Reads is a romance and erotic fiction reading platform for adults. We're hiring a reliable iOS developer to build our iOS reading app with AI-assisted tools. You'll work directly with the founder and alongside our existing development team. We're still deciding between a fully native Swift app and a Capacitor-based app, and your input on that decision is part of the role.
This is a long-term role. After launch, you'll own ongoing maintenance and help build new features, such as audio stories. If you show the aptitude and interest, there's room to grow beyond the iOS app into development work on our other platforms.
The role
- Independent contractor. Individual contractors only; we don't work with agencies, dev shops or staffing firms.
- About 20 hours per week to start (20-30 during the first month of ramp-up), with the possibility of full-time as we grow
- Initial term of 3 months, with a check-in at 30 days
- 100% remote from Colombia or Mexico, with daily working-hour overlap with US Central Time
- Pay: $20-28 USD/hour depending on experience, paid monthly in USD
- You must be able to invoice as an independent contractor in your country (RFC/RUT). The contract includes standard confidentiality and IP assignment terms.
What you'll do
- Build our iOS app in Swift and SwiftUI, or with Capacitor, depending on the approach we choose
- Help us weigh native Swift against Capacitor (performance, offline reading, audio, App Store review) and recommend the right path
- Integrate our existing APIs with the backend team
- Use AI coding tools (such as Cursor or Claude Code) to move quickly, while reviewing, testing and taking ownership of every line they produce
- Ship through TestFlight and App Store review
- After launch, maintain the app, fix bugs and build new features such as audio stories
- Post a short written update at the end of each working day and flag problems early
How we work
- You're available during agreed hours and reachable on chat during them
- If you're going to miss a day, a meeting or a deadline, you let us know in advance, not after the fact
- When you say something is done, it's tested and working
We value reliability as much as technical skill. If you're consistent and communicative, you'll have a long-term home here.
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional iOS development experience (degree or equivalent experience)
- Strong Swift skills, plus SwiftUI and/or UIKit
- At least one app shipped to the App Store, with experience getting apps through App Store review
- Experience with REST APIs, Git and debugging
- Strong sense of mobile UX/UI
- Regular, hands-on use of AI coding tools, and the judgment to know when their output is wrong
- Your own Mac and a physical iPhone for testing
- Fluent written and spoken English: you can join video calls, explain technical decisions clearly and write daily updates without translation tools
- Comfortable working on an adults-only product that includes explicit sexual content in fiction (romance and erotica)
Nice to have
- Capacitor/Ionic experience, or hybrid app development with JavaScript/TypeScript
- StoreKit and in-app purchases
- Audio playback (AVFoundation) or media apps
- Experience with reading apps or long-form text rendering (such as Kindle, Medium or Audible)
- Accessibility (Dynamic Type, VoiceOver) and app performance
- Web, Android or backend experience
- A love of reading
Hiring process: intro call, short paid technical task with a fixed deadline, reference check, offer.
