Apple
Creative Intelligence Software Engineer - Camera and Photos
$150K–$278K
San Francisco Bay Area, California · Full-time · Posted Jul 20, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
About the job
Build frameworks and core software layers for iPhone photo and video editing, integrating image-processing, computer-vision, and machine-learning algorithms into production experiences.
What you'll do
- Develop frameworks and core layers that power editing features across Photos and beyond.
- Integrate algorithms, from classical image processing to on-device ML and generative models, into coherent user experiences.
- Build and ship high-quality image and video editing software at iPhone scale.
What they ask for
- Object-oriented analysis and design experience.
- Experience with C, C++, Objective-C, or Swift.
- Experience with performance analysis and optimization techniques.
- Experience with image or video processing technologies.
Nice to have
- Experience with Metal or other GPU programming frameworks.
- Experience with on-device or applied ML techniques and paradigms.
Pay
USD $150,400 to $277,600 base salary
Tools
C, C++, Objective-C, Swift, Metal
AI focus
Integrate on-device ML and generative models into photo and video editing experiences.
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