Apple
Senior Performance Engineer, Apple Services Engineering
$175K–$308K
Seattle, Washington · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 10, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years as a Tech Lead or Architect driving cross-organizational Performance programs; 7+ years in each of the stated performance optimization, OS and application performance, and performance analysis areas.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
About the job
Leads performance engineering for Apple Media services, defining metrics and targets, identifying optimizations, and coordinating teams to deliver responsive products.
What you'll do
- Define performance metrics, targets, and quality guardrails for Media products and services.
- Collaborate across client and service stacks to architect performant features and identify optimization opportunities.
- Guide cross-organizational engineering teams toward performance goals.
What they ask for
- 2+ years as a Tech Lead or Architect driving cross-organizational Performance programs.
- 7+ years optimizing for CPU, Memory and Latency issues.
- 7+ years understanding OS and Application performance best practices (iOS, macOS, Linux | Java, Swift, Web).
- 7+ years using profiling/statistics/visualization tools for performance measurement and analysis.
Nice to have
- Ability to independently learn technologies, prototype, and propose software designs and solutions.
- Experience with audio/video playback is desired but not mandatory.
Pay
$175,000 and $308,500 (base salary)
Tools
iOS, macOS, Linux, Java, Swift, Web
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