Senior OS Engineer, Media Playback UI & APIs

Apple, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 185,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple's MGCT AVKit team seeks a Senior Engineer to design and implement media playback UI across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch and Vision Pro. You will build features and public APIs and collaborate with Human Interface and partner teams to deliver high‑quality audiovisual experiences.

You should have 5+ years of programming with Objective‑C/Swift, deep OS design knowledge, and excellent collaboration and debugging skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of programming experience, preferably in Objective-C and Swift.
• Deep knowledge of Operating System design and concepts.
• Excellent collaboration skills, with the ability to crisply and clearly explain advanced concepts.
• Proficiency in developing with Cocoa or other application frameworks.
• BS or MS in CS/CE or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and ship new features for AVKit's media playback UI, spanning iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro
• Design and build public APIs used by both internal Apple teams and third‑party developers, balancing flexibility with a simple, intuitive developer experience
• Collaborate closely with Human Interface and partner engineering teams to define and implement system‑level media UI that feels consistent across platforms
• Triage, debug, and resolve complex issues spanning the UI layer down through the underlying media and OS stack
• Drive performance and optimization improvements across the media playback pipeline, working across software layers as needed

Skills

5+ years programming experience

Objective-C and Swift

OS design concepts

Collaboration skills

Cocoa / app frameworks

Education

BS or MS in CS/CE or equivalent

Job description

Apple's MGCT AVKit team seeks a Senior Engineer to design and implement media playback UI across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch and Vision Pro. You will build features and public APIs and collaborate with Human Interface and partner teams to deliver high‑quality audiovisual experiences.

You should have 5+ years of programming with Objective‑C/Swift, deep OS design knowledge, and excellent collaboration and debugging skills.