Software Engineer, Apple
Retail Technology
$138.9-256.5k
Office located in Sunnyvale, CA
Personal technology company
Job no longer available
Personal technology company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$138.9-256.5k
Office located in Sunnyvale, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
Apple's mission is to bring the best user experience to its customers through its innovative hardware, software, and services.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience throughout the software development lifecycle
- Expert knowledge of functional and object-oriented programming languages, specifically Python, Swift and Bash
- Experience programming for Apple platforms and Apple File Systems (e.g. iOS, macOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS) for feature delivery, code sharing, shipping and managing an App in the App Store
- Expertise in UNIX / LINUX and UNIX-based setup tools (e.g. ssh, telnet, rsync)
- Knowledge of integrated testing frameworks (XCTest, pyTest, Xcode automation tools, iOS automation tools)
Desirable
- Expertise integrating with Mobile Device Management systems (e.g. sysadmin experience of managing devices at scale, including deployment of packages)
- Working knowledge of API integration with multiple technologies (JSON, ProtoBuf, REST, RPC, XML, etc)
- Working knowledge with client/server side programming (Ruby on Rails framework, Ruby as a core language) and event queuing systems (e.g. Sidekiq, Temporal)
- Knowledge of RSpec, MiniTest, Selenium, CI/CD etc a plus
- Knowledge of AWS and DevOps a plus
- Demonstrates Apple's values of inclusion and diversity in daily activities
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent plus
What the job involves
- You will join a team of software, system, QA and AV engineers who participate in all elements of the product development life cycle
- This team is fundamental to innovation and the establishment of scalable technologies for Apple Retail
- This position requires the marrying of curiosity, organization, creative architecture, a structured engineering mindset, as well as a deep understanding of iOS, and macOS operating systems and Apple technologies
- As a Software Engineer, you will focus on the architecture, roadmap, implementation, readiness and support of software tooling that is used to power our macOS, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, watchOS and visionOS based digital experiences in over 500 stores worldwide
- This software tooling enables our Operations partners to deploy digital experiences efficiently, as content is iterated upon by partner teams
- Design, develop, test and deploy software changes impacting tooling in the digital experiences space
- Partner with QA teams and users, to reverse engineer/research where applicable, to resolve bugs or issues surrounding performance, capacity and system limitations
- Collaborate with many business partners within Apple Retail and the wider Apple Software Engineering and Information Systems & Technology organizations, to collaborate on and influence technical roadmaps
- Coordinate activities with the macOS and iOS Program Office, Retail, and Product Marketing teams
- Ensure technical documentation is up to date
- Contibute to an inclusive environment through respecting each others' differences and having the curiosity to learn
Our take
With a market capitalisation that reached $3 trillion in 2022, Apple is the world's most valuable company. A vertically integrated approach and obsessive focus on the user experience have helped to make Apple one of the most successful companies in the world.
Since taking over at Apple, Tim Cook has been carefully curating the company's reputation as a champion of consumer privacy, trying to set the company apart from others that monetise their users' data.
The company even went as far as to introduce sweeping privacy changes which made it difficult to tailor ads to Apple’s 1bn+ iPhone users. This rocked the $400bn digital ads market, seriously harming the revenue of its bigger rivals in the lucrative industry and forcing them to rebuild their ad infrastructure.
Despite this, the company has been shaken by supply chain issues and moved a considerable amount of its manufacturing from China to India, and increased its Vietnam presence. This is because of multi-pronged production disruption in China, the second largest customer market for Apple, and triggered an estimated 10% revenue drop in the first quarter of 2023.
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Company benefits
- Everyone has different needs and schedules, and that’s why we offer medical plans that cover both physical and mental healthcare
- In addition, employees have the option to access medical professionals from almost anywhere and get free confidential counselling — virtual or in person
- You could also be eligible for help with fitness-related expenses
- Our medical coverage plans include family-friendly features such as fertility treatments
- Because we know there’s more than one way to bring a new child into your family, we support all kinds of new parents with paid leave and our gradual return-to-work programme
- You also get paid time away if you need to care for an ill family member and free guidance to help you find support for childcare, elderly care, legal referrals and more
- At Apple, we make sure women earn the same as men performing similar work. As part of that effort, your salary history is history — we won’t ask
- Every employee here also has the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder, because all are eligible for stock grants and also a discount when purchasing Apple stock
- To help you prepare for retirement, our pension can help you meet your savings goals. And to help you prepare for the unexpected, you’ll have the security of multiple forms of income protection
- Plan on developing both professionally and personally. Apple University creates classes, seminars and beyond-the-classroom tools that help employees understand Apple’s culture, organisation, values, and role in the world. You can sharpen general business and software skills through online classes
- For more formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, we’ll reimburse you for certain educational expenses, including tuition
- Whether you’re exploring personal pursuits, welcoming a new child or caring for a family member, rest assured that you’ll have paid time away when you need it most
- When you give money to an eligible organisation, we’ll match your donations one-for-one, so your contribution is doubled. And if you choose to donate your time, we’ll contribute US$25 for every hour you volunteer. Whether you donate time or money, Apple will match your contributions up to US$10,000 a year
- Get the world’s best prices on the world’s best products — Apple products. You’ll also get deals on great third-party accessories
- And there are services to help you manage life’s day-to-day tasks: dinner reservations, pet-sitters, shopping, personal travel, financial guidance and more
Company values
- We believe that we’re on the face of the Earth to make great products
- We believe in the simple, not the complex
- We believe that we need to own and control the primary technologies behind the products we make
- We participate only in markets where we can make a significant contribution
- We believe in saying no to thousands of projects so that we can really focus on the few that are truly important and meaningful to us
- We believe in deep collaboration and cross-pollination of our groups, which allow us to innovate in a way that others cannot
- We don’t settle for anything less than excellence in every group in the company, and we have the self-honesty to admit when we’re wrong and the courage to change
Company HQ
Cupertino, CA
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Leadership
Tim Cook
(CEO, not founder)Joined Apple in 1998 and held various senior roles before being promoted to CEO in 2011. Previously Spent 12 years with IBM, most recently as director of North American Fulfilment, where he led manufacturing and distribution functions for IBM’s Personal Computer Company in North and Latin America
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