Job Details

Software Development Engineer

Cupertino, California, United States

Software and Services

Summary

Posted: Jun 05, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200605694

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. Design, develop, and maintain Phone and FaceTime software applications for Apple’s OS platforms. Develop features for Phone calls, FaceTime Video calls, FaceTime Audio calls, Group FaceTime calls, SharePlay, screen sharing, and real-time collaboration. Maintain software applications for the features above, including triaging incoming bug reports, debugging, identifying fixes and testing software changes. Use industry-standard and proprietary software development tools and technologies for app development. Use Objective-C and Swift for writing application code on Apple platforms. Create user interfaces that scale across various Apple platforms. Write tests to validate software changes using industry standards and tools to verify functionality and regression test software against changes. Manage software development projects end-to-end. Assign priority for specific work items, scope features to determine the amount of time and effort required to complete work, load-balance across other team members and cross-functional partners to distribute work based on expertise, and schedule work to be completed based on Apple’s software release schedule. Collaborate with other members of the Phone and FaceTime software development teams to review their work. Perform code review on changes across the Phone and FaceTime projects to validate changes, confirm functionality, and provide feedback. Work with cross-functional partners to define new feature requirements, plan software projects, develop test plans, design user interfaces, and implement software changes. 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 $143,100 - $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 equivalent foreign degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field.

• Education and/or experience must include each of the following skills:

• Knowledge of Objective-C and Swift to work on large cross-platform codebases.

• Using SwiftUI, UIKit, and AppKit to develop user interfaces.

• Using object-oriented programming principles to design software architectures.

• Using asynchronous programming tools, including APIs like Grand Central Dispatch, async/await, and actors.

• Using XCTest, XCUITest, and software mocks to validate and test code changes.

• Developing XPC services, frameworks, user agents or daemons.

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams across a variety of business roles, including marketing, Human Interface design, and quality assurance to assess the functionality of software features.

• Utilizing software development project management methodologies, such as Agile and waterfall.

• Knowledge of project management concepts like work effort estimates, and problem/ticket management.

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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