Apple
Finder Files Senior Software Engineer, UI Architect
$185K–$325K
Cupertino, California · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, including time as technical lead for a large, shipping client application or framework.
- Education
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
About the job
Own the UI architecture and data model for Finder and Files across Apple platforms, shaping the experience and coordinating engineering work across teams.
What you'll do
- Own the view layer, state, and data flow architecture for Finder and Files.
- Partner with design and platform teams to translate interaction concepts into cross-platform architecture.
- Set engineering standards, mentor engineers, resolve cross-team issues, and guide adoption of agentic coding tools.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, including time as technical lead for a large, shipping client application or framework.
- Deep object-oriented programming experience and mastery of at least one Apple UI framework.
- Experience leveraging agentic coding tools for high-velocity prototyping and code changes.
Nice to have
- Experience architecting UI at scale or owning the architecture of a large, long-lived codebase.
- Experience with multi-client synchronization, file systems, cloud sync, file provider architectures, or building agentic harnesses.
Pay
$184,700 and $324,800 (base salary)
Tools
macOS, iOS, iPadOS, visionOS
AI focus
Champion and define the team’s adoption of agentic coding tools for rapid prototyping and large-scale code changes.
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