Apple
Software Development Engineer, Vision Products Software
$185K–$278K
Sunnyvale, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 9, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years in software development
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
About the job
Build end-to-end, AI-powered user experiences for Apple products, including systems that use contextual signals and foundation models.
What you'll do
- Design and own evaluation infrastructure for LLM-powered features; use evaluations and experimentation to guide tradeoffs and improve performance.
- Work with platform teams to structure raw signals as model context, and collaborate across teams to define and deliver user-facing features.
- Represent work in cross-functional forums and help shape technical direction and feature requirements.
What they ask for
- Strong programming skills in Swift and deep understanding of data structures, memory management, and concurrency.
- Systems thinking, including breaking down ambiguous problems and clarifying critical details.
- Ability to translate dialog-driven UX design into technical requirements and working features.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration and technical communication skills.
Nice to have
- Experience with context engineering and evaluating foundation-model outputs; shipping customer-facing products at scale.
- Experience with Apple platforms and SwiftUI, LLMs or machine learning, sensor data, personalization, privacy and security, or system software.
Pay
$184,700 and $277,600 (USD, base salary)
Tools
Swift, SwiftUI
AI focus
Build and evaluate LLM-powered features using structured contextual signals, prompts, retrieval, or tool outputs; ensure models use context faithfully and appropriately.
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