Senior AirPlay & Streaming Media Engineer

Apple Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 142,000 - 263,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Discounted products and free services

Tuition reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Bonuses or commissions

Job summary

Apple Inc. in San Diego, CA is seeking a senior software engineer to lead the design and implementation of AirPlay on third-party devices. You will own key areas, collaborating with multiple teams to deliver a high-quality AirPlay experience across Apple ecosystems.

The role emphasizes technical ownership, architecture, and API design, with a focus on delivering scalable features for billions of users. This position involves working with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated technical leadership experience.
• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
• Actively uses GenAI tools (code assistants, agents) in daily engineering workflow.

Responsibilities

• Lead and define the team’s technical direction, system architecture, and API design.
• Collaborate with engineering teams across Apple, and partner organizations, to align on requirements, and deliver incredible products and experience for our customers.
• Participate in design discussions and code reviews to maintain AirPlay system health and quality.
• Root-cause and resolve complex issues spanning the media framework, SDK, and connectivity layer.
• Drive improvements to connectivity, media playback performances, reliability and customer experience.
• Adopt and integrate new Platform capabilities into AirPlay experience.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Problem-solving

GenAI tools

Job description

Apple Inc. in San Diego, CA is seeking a senior software engineer to lead the design and implementation of AirPlay on third-party devices. You will own key areas, collaborating with multiple teams to deliver a high-quality AirPlay experience across Apple ecosystems.

The role emphasizes technical ownership, architecture, and API design, with a focus on delivering scalable features for billions of users. This position involves working with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.