Summary
Posted: Feb 19, 2024
Weekly Hours: 40
Role Number: 200503096
Join the team building revolutionary ML experiences for Apple Watch! As a senior software engineer, you'll be part of a small group working to prototype and ship ML-powered features that integrate deeply into watchOS experiences millions use every day. You'll work closely with the teams building all the applications and frameworks that make up watchOS, as well as new hardware and human interface teams, to build experiences that are only just becoming possible from advances in LLM and Generative AI research.
Key Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a watchOS/iOS UI engineer with an interest in ML, or extensive experience as an ML engineer with an interest in watchOS UI application development
• Strong Swift or Objective-C coding ability
• Experience in both prototyping and shipping user-facing features
• Led development of at least one major application or feature with millions of users
• Hands-on experience developing major components of complex systems that cut through many layers of the tech stack.
• Fantastic attention to detail, with experience shipping highly polished and performant features
• Upbeat, adaptable, and results oriented with a positive attitude
• Excellent communication and collaborative skills

Description
You will have many responsibilities relating to the design, development, and testing of device software. We love prototyping new ideas to explore the frontier of what is possible, but our success is measured by our ability to productize and ship highly-polished features to millions of Apple Watch users. Responsibilities include: - Working with designers to turn vague ideas into meaningful prototypes, and demoing them to stakeholders. - Writing high quality, well tested, and performant code to develop those prototypes into polished, Apple-level experiences that we're proud to ship. - Architect systems that are extensible, adaptable, and stand the test of time. - Collaborate with dozens of app, framework, and ML teams at every level of the stack to build a strong, robust foundation for the experiences we look to ship. - Profile and optimize cutting-edge features to run well on a low-powered, highly-constrained device. - Work daily with quality assurance teams to find and fix all the bugs, edge cases, and performance issues that impact the user experience. As an ML-focused team, we're also specifically looking for ML engineers who either have extensive experience building cutting-edge models, or UI engineers who have tinkered with ML applications and are excited to dive into the field.
Education & Experience
BS CE/CS or equivalent experience required
Additional Requirements
Pay & Benefits

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 $170,700.00 and $256,500.00, 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.
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.