Senior Software Engineer, Computer Use & Automation

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Apple stock plans

Discretionary bonuses

Relocation assistance

Comprehensive medical and dental cover

Retirement benefits

Employee discounts

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help design and ship automation and computer-use tooling across Apple platforms. You will work on API design, UI inspection, and IPC optimizations to reduce flakiness and improve performance, while setting standards for agentic testing tools.

The role emphasizes collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver next-generation agentic testing solutions that power developers inside and outside Apple.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience building frameworks or performance-sensitive software.
• Experience with Swift, Objective-C, or C++.
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, refine, and ship automation APIs across Apple's platforms.
• Harden and optimize UI inspection/interaction and IPC code.
• Define the standards for exceptional agentic testing tools.
• Partner with teams across Apple to create next generation agentic testing tools.

Skills

Swift

Objective-C

C++

API design

Performance optimization

Debugging

Education

B.S. in Computer Science

Tools

Profiling tools

IPC debugging

Job description

Senior Software Engineer, Computer Use & Automation

Cupertino, California, United States Software and Services

At Apple, we build products that enrich people’s lives. The Tools and Frameworks group empowers developers inside and outside of Apple to build great products. Our team builds the underlying technologies that power UI Automation APIs, agentic computer use, and future testing technologies. We believe great tools are essential to shipping great products. As a member of this team, you will help shape tools used by millions of developers to do their best work.

Description

We build tools to support the unique challenges of shipping Apple's diverse products at scale. We use this experience to build and ship tools for everyone developing on Apple's platforms to help them build incredible software. In this role you will:

Responsibilities

• Design, refine, and ship automation and computer use APIs across Apple's platforms.
• Harden and optimize UI inspection/interaction and IPC code to eliminate sources of flakiness and poor performance.
• Define the standards for exceptional agentic testing tools.
• Partner with teams across Apple to create next generation agentic testing tools.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience with building frameworks, systems, or other performance-sensitive software.
• Experience with native platform languages such as Swift, Objective-C, or C++.
• Experience with profiling, debugging, and optimizing native code.
• Experience with shipping and evolving APIs with strong compatibility guarantees.
• B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing native testing or UI frameworks.
• Experience with agentic development or evaluating agentic tools/workflows.
• Experience with concurrency, IPC, or multi-process debugging.
• Experience working in large teams and codebases.

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 $184,700 and $324,800, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

• Opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs.
• Discretionary restricted stock unit awards.
• Purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• retirement benefits
• a range of discounted products and free services
• for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
• Discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.

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