Screening & Integration Engineer, Watch Software, Sensing & Connectivity

Apple Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 264,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Cupertino is seeking a Screening & Integration Engineer for the Watch Software organization. You will triage bugs, analyze logs, and prioritize issues affecting watchOS quality, collaborating with cross-functional teams.

You will leverage AI tools to identify root causes and help accelerate bug fixes, while improving our deployment and testing pipelines for a robust intelligent user experience on Apple Watch.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Familiarity with consumer-facing software development processes.
• Expertise with bug tracking systems.
• Experience with source control (Git preferred).
• Familiarity with Apple OS, especially watchOS and iOS.
• Experience with automated build, continuous integration, and test automation systems.
• Familiarity with large language models and adjacent generative AI tools, including skills, agents, and MCP.
• Practical experience with command line tools, UNIX, Linux, or Terminal.

Responsibilities

• Triage incoming bugs, and provide insights on trends and capacity in the incoming bug queue
• Maintain source code repositories, including branching for releases and tagging for submissions to the operating system build process
• Create continuous integration and automated test pipelines, assess their results, and escape regressions
• Assist engineers with understanding the bug reporting system, the build system, and other development infrastructure
• Develop innovative new approaches to scaling the craft of triaging bugs using artificial intelligence tools and other emerging technologies

Skills

Bug triage

Git

CI/CD

Command line

AI tools

Apple OS familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Build systems

Bug tracking

Unix/Linux

Job description

Screening & Integration Engineer, Watch Software, Sensing & Connectivity

Cupertino, California, United States Software and Services

Do you want to help deliver the next amazing Apple product? As a Screening & Integration Engineer on the Apple Watch Intelligent System Experience team, you’ll bring your keen observational and analytical skills, empathy for users, and passion for quality to an engineering team working to make the next version of watchOS amazingly great.

Description

As a Screening & Integration Engineer on the Apple Watch Intelligent System Experience team, you will triage incoming bugs, analyze logs, and prioritize issues for key components of watchOS. You will be expected to use large language models and other AI tools to quickly and efficiently identify the most important bug reports filed by Apple employees and external developers, and identify root causes and regression points to speed up the bug fix lifecycle. You will drive our day-to-day process around bug and source code management in service of creating high-quality intelligent experiences and improvements for our customers and developers. We are looking for an enthusiastic, curious, and technically savvy teammate who can juggle a variety of tasks efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Triage incoming bugs, and provide insights on trends and capacity in the incoming bug queue
• Maintain source code repositories, including branching for releases and tagging for submissions to the operating system build process
• Create continuous integration and automated test pipelines, assess their results, and escape regressions
• Assist engineers with understanding the bug reporting system, the build system, and other development infrastructure
• Develop innovative new approaches to scaling the craft of triaging bugs using artificial intelligence tools and other emerging technologies

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent professional experience
• Familiarity with consumer-facing software development processes
• Expertise with bug tracking systems
• Experience with source control (git experience preferred)
• Familiarity with Apple operating systems, especially watchOS and iOS
• Experience with automated build, continuous integration, and test automation systems
• Familiarity with large language models and adjacent generative AI tools, including skills, agents, and Model Context Protocol (MCP)
• Practical experience with command line tools, UNIX, Linux, or Terminal

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Objective-C and Swift, and frameworks including SwiftUI
• Experience with data analytics and understanding large data sets
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

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 $144,600 and $263,800, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. 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

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

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