Senior Software Engineer, Developer Productivity, Sensing & Connectivity

Apple Inc.; San Diego, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 142,000 - 263,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Employee stock programs

Tuition reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple Inc. in San Diego seeks a Senior Software Engineer to build and own the tools that accelerate engineering velocity across release trains and hardware platforms. You will partner with multiple teams to implement scalable, observable systems and leverage AI tooling to transform daily workflows.

You will influence strategy, improve build pipelines, and contribute to high-quality software that ships to customers. This role emphasizes ownership, collaboration, and delivering impact at scale.

Qualifications

• Experience with distributed systems and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong Git skills including branching and merging.
• Clear verbal and written communication of technical issues.
• Experience across planning, design, implementation, integration, testing, and maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and implementation of tools that accelerate engineering velocity and improve quality.
• Apply AI tooling to raise productivity across teams and workflows.
• Collaborate with client team leads to address real workloads and pain points.
• Keep pipelines current with central build/integration processes across OS releases; root-cause failures.
• Advise teams on observable, reliable, scalable systems; share on-call ownership for incidents.

Skills

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Git

Communication

Developer workflows

AI tooling

Education

BS or MS in CS/EE

Tools

Git

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Senior Software Engineer, Developer Productivity, Sensing & Connectivity

San Diego, California, United States Software and Services

Our team builds the foundational systems that engineers across Apple rely on to build, integrate, and ship software — an integration system that gives developers the power to manage changes across a wide range of release trains and hardware platforms. This role gives you the opportunity to own and define strategy, not just execute against someone else's roadmap: how we increase engineering velocity, reduce manual effort, and raise the bar on quality, across every team that depends on us.

Description

We are looking for someone who can handle ambiguity and shifting priorities well, and treat change as a chance to add structure rather than a disruption.Enjoy working regularly with engineers across many different teams.Find real satisfaction in knowing the tools you build are critical to how engineering teams ship software to customers.Are always looking for smarter, more effective ways to solve problems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of tools, systems, and processes that accelerate engineering velocity, reduce manual effort, and improve the quality of what teams ship.
• Use modern AI tooling to rethink how our own team — and the teams we serve — can work at a fundamentally higher level of productivity, not just automate around the edges.
• Work closely with client team integration leads to understand their workflows, constraints, and pain points, and make sure what we build actually addresses them.
• Keep pipelines current with the latest central build and integration processes across every Apple OS release train, and root-cause failures in distributed, networked build environments that don't have obvious owners.
• Guide and advise the teams we serve on best practices for observable, reliable, scalable systems.
• Share ownership of the reliability of what we build, including rotating on-call responsibility for critical incidents.

Minimum Qualifications

• You demonstrate an understanding of distributed systems, asynchronous behaviors in pipeline design, CI/CD systems, and build infrastructure.
• You have a solid understanding of git capabilities including branching, merging, rebasing, and resolving conflicts.
• You can verbally communicate and document technical issues and solutions clearly.
• You're experienced in the planning, design, implementation, integration, test, and maintenance phases of software development, with a solid understanding of developer workflows.
• You use AI-assisted tools to write, debug, and ship code effectively, and can speak to how they've changed your workflow.
• You have a BS or MS in CS, EE, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• You have experience gathering requirements and aligning roadmaps directly with stakeholders across multiple teams.
• You've handled complex build and integration projects across different product lines under tight timelines.
• You have an understanding of low-level git plumbing commands, hooks, and reflog.
• You have broad experience in overall software system design and implementation.
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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 $142,300 and $263,300, 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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