What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Software Engineer - UI and Performance position at Apple, Inc.?
Our 3D Graphics Team is looking for a Senior UI Engineer with a balanced focus on system and UI performance to join our team. In this role, you will dive deep into our system architecture and user interface systems, establish performance baselines, solve complex performance issues, and build the mechanisms which prevent regressions before they happen.
As a hands-on and collaborative performance engineer on our team, you will be equally focused on identifying, diagnosing, and resolving complex performance issues across our applications, systems, and user-interface layers. A major part of your goals will also involve designing and implementing a comprehensive, automated power and performance regression testing strategy, targeting critical metrics like frame rate, latency, memory, power efficiency, and overall system responsiveness across all platforms.\n\nIn this role, you will partner with other performance and client engineers, cross-functionally providing the critical data and insights that guide our engineering teams to craft efficient, responsive, and visually appealing experiences.
BS in Computer Science or equivalent.\n5 years of experience developing performance-critical software, with a solid understanding of systems architecture, modern UI frameworks and their performance characteristics for mobile applications. \nUI development for iOS, macOS, watchOS or other Native Platforms. \nExperience using various profiling tools, (e.g. Xcode Instruments, Android Studio Profiler, VTune, or other proprietary tools) to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks affecting the UI, CPU, GPU, memory, and system power.\nProficiency in performance analysis, debugging, and code optimization techniques to enhance application and user interface performance.\nProven ability to collaborate effectively with a diverse team and thrive in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments.\nEffective communication of intricate performance analysis to diverse stakeholders, including actionable recommendations.
Experience optimizing performance across various domains on multiple platforms (e.g. iOS, Android, or Desktop).\nKnowledge of power management and battery-life analysis techniques.\nExperience with Mac or iOS application development using Swift/Swift-UI or Objective-C.\nExperience with Metal or modern graphics APIs (DirectX, Vulkan).
As a hands-on and collaborative performance engineer on our team, you will be equally focused on identifying, diagnosing, and resolving complex performance issues across our applications, systems, and user-interface layers. A major part of your goals will also involve designing and implementing a comprehensive, automated power and performance regression testing strategy, targeting critical metrics like frame rate, latency, memory, power efficiency, and overall system responsiveness across all platforms.\n\nIn this role, you will partner with other performance and client engineers, cross-functionally providing the critical data and insights that guide our engineering teams to craft efficient, responsive, and visually appealing experiences.
BS in Computer Science or equivalent.\n5 years of experience developing performance-critical software, with a solid understanding of systems architecture, modern UI frameworks and their performance characteristics for mobile applications. \nUI development for iOS, macOS, watchOS or other Native Platforms. \nExperience using various profiling tools, (e.g. Xcode Instruments, Android Studio Profiler, VTune, or other proprietary tools) to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks affecting the UI, CPU, GPU, memory, and system power.\nProficiency in performance analysis, debugging, and code optimization techniques to enhance application and user interface performance.\nProven ability to collaborate effectively with a diverse team and thrive in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments.\nEffective communication of intricate performance analysis to diverse stakeholders, including actionable recommendations.
Experience optimizing performance across various domains on multiple platforms (e.g. iOS, Android, or Desktop).\nKnowledge of power management and battery-life analysis techniques.\nExperience with Mac or iOS application development using Swift/Swift-UI or Objective-C.\nExperience with Metal or modern graphics APIs (DirectX, Vulkan).