Senior iOS Sensing Software Architect

Apple Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock programs

Medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Tuition reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple Inc. seeks a Software Architect to shape architectures across iOS, watchOS and emerging platforms, collaborating with hardware, algorithms, data engineering and product design teams.

You will lead end-to-end architecture, set coding standards, build modular components, and guide reviews to deliver robust sensing and research software. This highly technical role requires strong leadership and the ability to influence across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent with 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience leading, designing and driving architecture for complex, multi-module applications or system software.
• Experience influencing technical decisions across cross-functional partners (Algorithms, HW, QE, Data Engineering).
• Experience developing high-quality iOS/watchOS/macOS applications (App Store or internal enterprise distribution).

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end architecture for iOS frameworks, applications and internal research platforms.
• Establish coding standards, architectural patterns, and platform roadmaps.
• Build modular, scalable, and testable components enabling research studies, sensor pipelines, and future product features.
• Support product teams and prototyping teams through rapid iteration cycles.
• Guide engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and architectural decisions.
• Profile and optimize for performance, power, reliability, and data integrity.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to bring new hardware and sensing capabilities to life.
• Contribute to the vision of next-generation software platforms at Apple.

Skills

Architecture leadership

Cross-functional influence

iOS/watchOS/macOS app development

Performance optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE or equivalent

Tools

Xcode

Instruments

LLDB

Time Profiler

Memory Graph Debugger

Job description

Apple Inc. seeks a Software Architect to shape architectures across iOS, watchOS and emerging platforms, collaborating with hardware, algorithms, data engineering and product design teams.

You will lead end-to-end architecture, set coding standards, build modular components, and guide reviews to deliver robust sensing and research software. This highly technical role requires strong leadership and the ability to influence across teams.