Senior Spatial AI Engineer — UI/UX & Prototyping

Apple, Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 309,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & Dental

Retirement benefits

Discounted products

Relocation assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Stock programs

Discretionary bonuses

Job summary

Apple's Spatial Intelligence Experiences team in Seattle seeks a Senior Application Software Engineer to own the development of user-facing features at the intersection of Spatial Computing and Generative AI.

You will ship polished experiences across iOS/macOS/iPadOS, collaborating with design and QA to ensure a seamless, high-quality customer experience and drive energy-efficient, performant solutions for embedded AI features.

Qualifications

• BS/ MS/ PhD in Computer Science OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ years shipping consumer-facing apps.
• Strong CS fundamentals and 3D math.
• Proficiency in Swift, Objective-C, or C++ and UI frameworks.
• Experience diagnosing across app/UI/backend layers.
• Fluency with agentic development tools.
• Ability to articulate trade-offs with design teams.

Responsibilities

• Ship customer-facing spatial computing features powered by cutting-edge AI, such as embodied conversational AI assistants and generative spatial experiences.
• Own features end to end with a sharp focus on UI/UX polish. Take an idea from prototype to technical spec to production code that meets Apple's high shipping standard.
• Start from the user. Keep user pain points and the value the product can deliver front of mind, and bring strong product and design sense to lead through ambiguity.
• Drive collaboration across teams. Work closely with the engineering teams whose software your features depend on, as well as with design and quality assurance teams.
• Optimize for mobile platforms where compute and power are tightly limited. Analyze and discover new ways to optimize performance of features, so they can run smoothly and meet power and performance targets.
• Work with modern AI tooling. Use LLM-assisted development tools and build effective agentic workflows to move software quickly and steadily through each release milestone.
• Lead as a senior member. Work independently and proactively, build strong relationships with cross-functional partners, and help the engineering team run more efficiently.

Skills

Swift/Obj-C/C++

UI frameworks

Agentic AI tooling

Cross-functional collaboration

3D math fundamentals

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

LLM tooling

Performance profiling

Mobile optimization

Job description

Apple's Spatial Intelligence Experiences team in Seattle seeks a Senior Application Software Engineer to own the development of user-facing features at the intersection of Spatial Computing and Generative AI.

You will ship polished experiences across iOS/macOS/iPadOS, collaborating with design and QA to ensure a seamless, high-quality customer experience and drive energy-efficient, performant solutions for embedded AI features.