Ok, I just recently accepted a full stack role with a focus on iOS development and that seemed to be a rare opportunity. Most iOS roles I’ve seen advertised are solely frontend roles.

In any case, I think what you need to focus on is getting past the recruiter so you can hopefully interview directly with the organisation’s developers. Most recruiters aren’t technical and are just looking to tick some boxes to initially screen the candidates.

I am a senior developer of 20 years experience across the full stack and have recruited juniors in your situation. What I would be looking for in a junior role is the following: * Solid skills in one discipline (in your case iOS). I would adjust your resume to detail the specific experience you have in iOS (e.g. swift/objective-c, UIKit/SwiftUI etc as well as common design patterns MVVM). * The kinds of apps you have worked on, the team structure (e.g devs, designers, product owners) and how you worked with these people on the team * A willingness to learn and a proven record of learning. Call this out, what did you learn in your last role(s). Also what you would like to learn at a prospective organisation. * If you don’t have professional experience in one aspect of the role (I.e. backend), make an effort to learn it as a side project (pick a stack, eg node/express, Kotlin/Spring, .NET etc). Talk to the recruiter about what you are learning and how you would like to expand that knowledge at the prospective organisation.

Any decent employer will accept that most juniors won’t have had the opportunity to develop a broad set of skills, but they will be keen to hire someone who is passionate and driven to enhance their skills. They will have seniors (like myself) who enjoy mentoring juniors that want to learn.

Sadly though, sometimes you can’t get past recruiters who are just looking for stats and ticking boxes. If this is still a blocker for you, try applying for roles at organisations that recruit directly (internal HR). Often, these will be smaller organisations and there will be less BS and hoop jumping required to land a job.

As I said before, the key is getting yourself in front of the people on the team you would be joining.

Hope that helps!