Apple
iOS Frameworks Engineer - Services Special Project
$185K–$325K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Sep 8, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years of software engineering experience on client-side or platform-level iOS systems.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
About the job
Designs and builds on-device frameworks, daemons, and system infrastructure that power Generative AI experiences across Apple services and platforms.
What you'll do
- Build system frameworks, daemons, and services, including XPC communication and CloudKit synchronization.
- Integrate REST and backend services; maintain metrics and telemetry infrastructure.
- Guide architecture and code reviews, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- 6+ years of client-side or platform-level iOS software engineering experience.
- Strong Swift and Objective-C proficiency, production framework or system API experience, and systems programming expertise.
- Experience with RESTful APIs and cloud services; proficiency with Xcode, LLDB, Instruments, and Git.
Nice to have
- Experience with CloudKit or similar synchronization, APIs/frameworks, or OS-level debugging and mobile performance optimization.
- Familiarity with metrics and telemetry, AI/ML or LLM integration, SQL, and mentoring engineers.
Pay
USD $184,700 to $324,800 base pay
Tools
Swift, Objective-C, XPC, CloudKit, REST, Xcode, LLDB, Instruments
AI focus
Builds on-device systems that enable Generative AI experiences; AI/ML or large language model software experience is preferred.
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