Freelance iOS developer · Portugal
I'm Rui Bordadágua, a senior iOS developer with 8+ years building and shipping production apps in Swift, SwiftUI and UIKit — for e-commerce, media, enterprise and non-profit products.
Services
Whether you're starting from scratch or already have an app on the App Store.
From idea to App Store. I plan the app with you, build it in Swift and SwiftUI, connect it to your systems and take care of the App Store submission.
New features, maintenance and modernization — including bringing older apps up to date with modern Swift and SwiftUI.
Crashes, critical bugs or an app that never quite makes it to release? I stabilize it and get it ready for the App Store.
When the project needs it, I also build Android features, backend services and AI-assisted features — so one person can look after the whole product.
Portfolio
Apps I've designed, built or maintained — directly for clients or through agencies and consultancies.
A marketplace that lets travelers in Portugal buy wine from different wineries in a single order and have it shipped — it even works out how many bottles they can take on the flight home. I work across the whole product, directly with the client.
The app of the Saudi news channel, with 24/7 live streaming and a video library. I fixed critical bugs and stabilized it so it could ship its first App Store release in November 2021.
A news app built from scratch with Link Consulting. As iOS lead I designed the architecture, chose the technologies and built the main features.
Apps for Sonae Sierra's shopping malls — around 30 across Europe. With the agency Research & Design, I adapted a shared codebase to each mall, published the apps on the App Store and maintained them.
An iOS app for asylum-seekers in Israel and the people assisting them, built in partnership with Tetrapi.
A platform Zurich insurance agents use to manage their portfolio. I debugged the iOS and Android apps, built new features and handled both store submissions.
Also worked on: Pisca Pisca (an app for professionals), My Vitalunch (Vitacress) and My Christmas List (Deutsche Bank Portugal).
Experience
Mobile & backend developer, full-stack developer and iOS developer and consultant. As assistant head I also prepared technical tests, ran technical interviews and wrote commercial proposals.
iOS developer
iOS developer · My Zurich
iOS developer · Salaam, with Tetrapi
iOS developer · My Vitalunch for iPhone and iPad
iOS developer · My Christmas List
Digital agency · iOS developer for the Sonae Sierra shopping-mall apps
Software engineer · .NET and an e-learning platform
About
I've been building for iOS since 2013. I'm used to owning the whole life of an app — planning, building, App Store submission and support once it's live — and to leading the technical decisions along the way.
I've also sat on the other side of the table. I've prepared technical tests and interviewed developers, written commercial proposals, managed a small family insurance agency and taught a game-development course with Scratch. So I care about what an app has to achieve, not just how it's built.
I work remotely from Odemira, in Portugal's Alentejo, and I'm comfortable collaborating with clients in other time zones.
Tell me what you're building and where you are — an idea, a prototype or an app already on the App Store.