iOS Engineer: Cloud Media and Collaboration

Apple; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple in Vancouver leads the architecture for cloud syncing and media management across iOS and macOS. You will own end-to-end cloud syncing features and write high-performance Swift code for a massive install base.

Collaborating with design, QA, and cross-functional teams, you will shape product direction, bridging deep technical judgment with clear communication.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years shipping production code on Apple platforms (iOS and/or macOS).
• Advanced Swift proficiency demonstrated by shipped frameworks or large codebases.
• Deep expertise in cloud syncing architectures and media management.
• Proven technical lead experience: scoping, cross-team coordination, stakeholder communication.
• Strong concurrency/multithreading knowledge with measurable outcomes.
• Solid CS foundations: data structures, algorithms, OO design.
• Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture for cloud syncing and media management on iOS/macOS.
• Write performant, multi-threaded Swift code shipping to a large install base.
• Collaborate with designers, QA, and cross-functional teams to influence product direction.

Skills

Swift proficiency

iOS/macOS production code

Cloud syncing architectures

Technical lead experience

Concurrency and multithreading

Computer Science fundamentals

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

CloudKit

AVFoundation/AVKit

SQLite

Core Data

PostgreSQL

Job description

What if the media management infrastructure you architect today became the backbone of how millions of creatives organize, sync, and collaborate on their work for the next decade? This is a founding-team opportunity on a high-visibility project where your decisions on cloud syncing architecture, on-device storage, and cross-platform media management will shape products used across iOS and macOS at Apple's scale.

You'll own end-to-end architecture for cloud syncing and media management features, writing performant, multi-threaded Swift code that ships to a massive install base and holds up under real creative workloads. Your collaborators will be HI designers, QA engineers, and cross-functional teams who expect you to bridge deep technical judgment with clear communication — influencing product direction, not just implementation.

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years shipping production code on Apple platforms (iOS and/or macOS) with a track record of reliability and scale
• Advanced Swift proficiency: demonstrated through shipped frameworks, performance-critical systems, or large codebases
• Deep expertise in cloud syncing architectures and media management technologies, applied to real consumer or professional products
• Proven technical lead experience: owning scoping, cross-team coordination, and stakeholder communication on multi-quarter features
• Strong command of concurrency patterns and multi-threaded programming, with measurable outcomes in correctness and throughput
• Solid computer science foundations: data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design applied at production scale
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent engineering experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building and shipping CloudKit-backed features, including sync conflict resolution
• Designed and maintained developer-facing APIs or reusable frameworks adopted across multiple teams or products
• Built media encoding, decoding, or playback systems using AVFoundation or AVKit in shipping applications
• Diagnosed and resolved systemic performance bottlenecks across memory, I/O, networking, or database layers with measurable before/after impact
• Experience with relational data layers (SQLite, Core Data, or PostgreSQL) in the context of media metadata or large-scale asset management

3+ years shipping production iOS/macOS code; advanced Swift proficiency; deep expertise ... Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent