Job Details

Software Development Engineer – Systems

Cupertino, California, United States

Software and Services

Summary

Posted: Jun 05, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200608026

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. Work with interface designers and cross-functional teams to understand the scope of work and the adoption of new features. Estimate timelines and create schedules for product development cycles and sprints. Work with engineers to define system architecture and strategize to achieve a unified and modernized code base that works across all Apple platforms. Work with Quality Engineers to understand meaningful edge cases that need to be accounted for before implementation. Work with interaction designers to understand the nuances and define specifications for the desired system behaviours. Design logical expansion points into the system to facilitate collaboration and parallelization of development. Consult and explain API boundaries adopted by internal and external developers. Prototype sample implementations to capture the intended behavior of the system before building a full implementation. Implement planned features in our release cycles and integrate with adoption teams. Document the final behaviour of the system for maintainability. Communicate technical blockers to cross-functional stakeholders. Communicate risks and scope increases found during development. Triage problem reports related to the new features and to existing features. Write automated unit, integration, regression, and performance tests. Define comprehensive test plans in collaboration with quality engineering. Explore post-release feature enhancements in
conjunction with product marketing, interaction design, and quality engineering. Fix problems on the shipped products including products she was not originally involved in implementing. Debug problems reported by partner teams, sometimes by debugging their programs. 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 $175,800 - $264,200/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, Software Engineering, or related field and 1 year of experience in the job offered or related occupation.

• 1 year of experience with each of the following skills is required:

• Utilizing Swift and Objective-C to work on multi-language codebases.

• Utilizing high-level UI frameworks to implement user interfaces.

• Utilizing debuggers to analyze and repair failures.

• Utilizing large databases to analyze user field telemetry.

• Utilizing UML and flow diagrams to communicate complex system architecture.

• Utilizing networking technologies to build products that communicate between devices.

• Utilizing databases to store user data for building user interfaces.

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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