Software Engineer, Watch Software, Sensing & Connectivity

Apple, Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a software engineer for the watchOS Media team to build the future of Music, Podcasts, Now Playing, Photos, Camera Remote, and TV Remote apps on watchOS. You will contribute across the stack and collaborate with design to push the boundaries of human-computer interaction.

You will work on creating features, testing, and maintaining frameworks that power media experiences on Apple Watch and integrate with iPhone, AirPods, HomePods, and AppleTVs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Deep commitment to product quality with great attention to detail.
• Consistent record of completing projects on-time and to specification.
• Excellent communication and collaborative skills, willing to work on a cross-functional team.
• Upbeat, adaptable and results oriented with a positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Develop new features within watchOS apps and frameworks across the stack.
• Collaborate with design to push human-computer interaction boundaries.
• Craft efficient solutions for a small, low-power device.
• Architect robust, maintainable systems with other Apple teams.
• Coordinate with QA and automation for full test coverage and quality assurance.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

On-time delivery

Adaptability

Results oriented

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Apple is a place where extraordinary people come together to do their life’s best work. Our people don’t just create products – they craft the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. As an engineer on the watchOS Media team you will be responsible for building the future of the Music, Podcasts, Now Playing, Photos, Camera Remote, and TV Remote apps on watchOS. Our team also creates and maintains the frameworks that power all media apps and experiences on the Apple Watch and supports seamless integration with other devices including iPhones, AirPods, HomePods, and AppleTVs.

Description

Our team is responsible for bringing many different media and remote control experiences to life on watchOS. Your primary responsibility will be to help develop new features within our apps and frameworks, but you’ll also be expected to contribute to different levels of the engineering stack throughout the development process. These include many responsibilities relating to the design, development, and testing of this software that will ship to millions of users.

Collaborating closely with the design team to open up the boundaries on human-computer interactions.

Crafting efficient solutions tailored to the constraints of a small, low power device.

Working closely with teams across all of Apple to architect robust and maintainable systems that will stand the test of time.

Coordinating with the quality assurance and automation teams for full test coverage to ensure that we meet the high expectations our users have come to expect.

Minimum Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• A deep commitment to product quality and a fantastic attention to detail.
• A consistent record of completing projects on-time and to specification.
• Excellent communication and collaborative skills and enthusiastic about working on a cross functional team.
• Upbeat, adaptable, and results oriented with a positive attitude.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience optimizing applications and profiling throughout the stack.
• Systems knowledge, hands-on experience with inter-process communication.
• Experience improving and expanding on existing complex projects and systems
• A strong intuition for UI/UX design.
• An interest in building consumer facing applications and experiences in the media space.
• Experience using AI development tools and an appetite to continue exploring this new frontier.
• Passionate Apple Watch user or are open to becoming one.