Software Engineer - System Scheduling Performance

What you'll do

• Design and implement OS constructs, scheduling policies, and APIs for managing background work and system resources.
• Analyze performance data, prototype features, and test, debug, and productize software.
• Collaborate with client teams to understand needs and guide adoption of scheduling best practices.

What they ask for

• Strong programming background and technical skills.
• Clear understanding of operating system components and responsibilities.
• Familiarity with statistics and data analysis for large datasets.
• Track record of leading software projects from inception through delivery across teams and stakeholders.

Nice to have

• M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, with strong Systems understanding and intuition.
• Working knowledge of operating systems internals; Power & Performance optimization experience; familiarity with C/C++ or Objective-C or Swift, and Python for data analysis; experience influencing adoption of platform APIs or OS-level policy.

Pay

$142,300 and $263,300 USD base salary

Tools

C/C++, Objective-C, Swift, Python

AI focus

The scheduler supports workloads for Siri AI and Apple Intelligence; the role develops scheduling and resource-management capabilities used by these features.