Watch Face Engineering Manager: UI, Graphics & Performance

Socket.dev; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking a software engineering manager to lead the watch faces platform for Apple Watch. You will guide a team of engineers in creating, optimizing, and maintaining watch faces with emphasis on UI, graphics, animation, and performance.

You will work closely with design and product marketing to ensure visual style aligns with Apple standards and product vision while delivering high-quality, scalable software for watchOS.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a software team of senior and junior engineers.
• Strong background in building customer-facing user interfaces.
• Expertise in UI layout, animation, and interaction systems such as SwiftUI, UIKit, Metal.

Responsibilities

• Lead a software engineering team to design and build watch faces.
• Collaborate with design partners and product marketing to align with brand aesthetic.
• Drive performance optimization and lifecycle management for watch faces.

Skills

Team leadership

UI development

SwiftUI

CoreAnimation

Metal

Communication

Tools

Swift

UIKit

Shader programming

Job description

Apple is seeking a software engineering manager to lead the watch faces platform for Apple Watch. You will guide a team of engineers in creating, optimizing, and maintaining watch faces with emphasis on UI, graphics, animation, and performance.

You will work closely with design and product marketing to ensure visual style aligns with Apple standards and product vision while delivering high-quality, scalable software for watchOS.