Cloud Media Engineer: Live Streaming & Encoding

Apple Inc.; Cupertino, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Employee stock programs

Tuition reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple Inc. seeks a skilled software engineer to design and implement cloud media systems and infrastructure that power media creation and delivery for billions of users.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to build workflows for ingest, transcoding, and processing at Apple scale. The role involves hands-on work with FFmpeg, AV1, ProRes, and modern distribution technologies, while gaining exposure to live streaming, metadata enrichment, and scalable cloud deployments in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in CS or related field.
• Strong programming fundamentals in one or more: Swift, Objective-C, TypeScript, Python, or Rust.
• Understanding of OO principles and common design patterns.
• Familiarity with Apple frameworks (Cocoa, AVFoundation, iOS/macOS SDK) from coursework or projects.
• Some exposure to UI development (React/TypeScript or native toolkits).
• Knowledge of APIs, data structures, and basic concurrency concepts.
• Curiosity and methodical problem-solving with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop cloud media tools and automated workflows for ingest, transcode, and processing at scale.
• Prototype optimizations in encoding pipelines and leverage metadata/ML for enrichment.
• Support live streaming pipelines delivering media across Apple devices.
• Work with FFmpeg, AV1, ProRes, and related codecs; optimize quality.
• Learn broadcast distribution tech (AES67, MPEG-TS, SRT, Zixi) under guidance.
• Deploy and maintain containerized services with Docker/Kubernetes in cloud environments.
• Collaborate with applications, tooling, and data analytics teams.

Skills

Swift

Objective-C

TypeScript

Python

Rust

OOP fundamentals

API fundamentals

UI development

Data structures

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Apple Inc. seeks a skilled software engineer to design and implement cloud media systems and infrastructure that power media creation and delivery for billions of users.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to build workflows for ingest, transcoding, and processing at Apple scale. The role involves hands-on work with FFmpeg, AV1, ProRes, and modern distribution technologies, while gaining exposure to live streaming, metadata enrichment, and scalable cloud deployments in a fast-paced