Job Details

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200648781-0836

Summary

We are looking for a Cartography & Display Tools Engineer to join Apple Maps. This role will empower you to build creative and innovative cartography and visualization solutions which will contribute to Apple's overall Maps and other ecosystems.

Your work will directly shape how millions of users experience Maps across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and CarPlay.

Description

As a Cartography & Display Tools Engineer on the Apple Maps team, you will build cartography pipeline, visualization tools, and authoring environments that leverage Apple's map rendering engine. Through partnerships with many other Apple teams along with Carto and Tools teams, your work will contribute to the next generation of Apple Maps and other Apple ecosystems.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or GIS with 5 years of experience

• Strong proficiency in C++, Python, and Swift

• Experience with Metal, OpenGL, or Vulkan rendering APIs

• Experience building developer-facing or content creator tools

• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills — ability to work across engineering, design, and production teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with MSL shader development and GPU architecture

• Experience with MapKit, Apple Maps, or similar mapping SDKs

• Understanding of cartographic principles and geospatial data formats

• Background in real-time 3D rendering or game engine tooling

• Knowledge of domain specific language (DSL), spatial data formats, SQLite, Bison/Lex parsers

• Experience translating complex rendering concepts into accessible tool interfaces for non-engineering users

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) .