Job Details

Software Development Engineer

Cupertino, California, United States

Software and Services

Summary

Posted: Jun 05, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200605653

Imagine what you can do here. Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their lives best work. Together we create products and experiences people once couldn’t have imagined, and now, can’t imagine living without. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do.

Description

APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Developing cutting-edge audio features across all Apple products and services such as iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, Vision Pro and supporting our existing ecosystem by triaging issues, designing and introducing high quality, well tested, regression free code changes. Working across all Apple products and playing a central role in the audio software stack by developing software, resolving issues and providing developer-facing APIs for both our external and internal clients. Working in a highly visible part of the stack that mediates audio interactions across all applications on the system by adding to a complex media policy engine that takes input from many signals on the system. Working closely with Apple's design team and other engineering teams to implement audio routing and system policies that is customized for every single Apple product in a complex cross-platform codebase. Primary bug screening and triage engineer for the Audio Session team which is responsible for media policy decisions and audio routing across all Apple hardware platforms (e.g. iPhones, iPads, Apple Watch, Apple TV). Maintaining the team's Continuous Integration pipelines and responsible for creating new tests and investigating any test failures and regressions. Supporting existing ecosystem by conducting cross functional design discussions, making code changes and triaging any issues. Running time critical investigations for high visibility issues reported from the field and by executives and sharing the results with senior management. 40 hours/week. At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $146,307 - $214,500/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

PAY & BENEFITS: Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits: https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html.
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field and 1 year of experience in the job offered or related occupation.

• Education and/or experience must include:

• Analyzing complex issues reported on the field based on logs, memory reports and other diagnostic information.

• Triaging issues in detail using debugging tools such as LLDB.

• Utilizing shell and python scripts to create new tools to boost the efficiency of triage work

• Using tools such as Confluence and Quip to document triage methodologies.

• Using object-oriented methodologies for developing and enhancing the software components and features responsible for real-time audio applications.

• Utilizing multiple programming languages including C++, Objective-C, and Swift to implement new features depending on the codebase.

• Using Valgrind and Callgrind to detect memory management issues and analyze function call performance in apps and audio software stack.

• Developing new test code in various languages including C++, Swift, and Objective-C and monitoring the health of Audio Session’s Continuous Integration setup.

Preferred Qualifications

• N/A

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

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