Sr. iOS Engineer - Apple, Inc.
Apple, Seattle, Washington
About the job
Apple's media engineering team pushes the boundaries of what's possible on iPhone, Mac, and Apple TV, delivering world-class playback experiences to hundreds of millions of users. We are looking for a Senior iOS Engineer with deep expertise in Apple's media frameworks to help shape the next generation of streaming, playback, and media pipeline technologies. If you thrive in a technically demanding environment and care deeply about performance, correctness, and platform craftsmanship, this role is for you.
Description
In this role, you will architect and implement sophisticated media playback features using AVFoundation, CoreMedia, and AVKit across iOS and related Apple platforms. You will collaborate closely with framework, platform, and product teams to diagnose hard problems at the intersection of media pipelines, rendering, and system performance. Your work will directly influence the media experience on devices used by people around the world.
Minimum qualifications
6+ years of professional iOS development with a strong focus on media frameworks including AVFoundation, CoreMedia, and AVKit Deep expertise in Swift, including protocol-oriented design, concurrency (async/await, structured concurrency), and performance-sensitive programming patterns Proven experience building and shipping production applications that depend on real-time media playback, streaming pipelines, or AV capture Demonstrated ability to diagnose complex, multi-layered bugs involving media synchronization, codec behavior, or buffering anomalies Strong background in performance profiling using Instruments, including Time Profiler, Allocations, and Core Animation tooling Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience Track record of writing maintainable, well-tested Swift code at scale in a professional engineering environment