Apple
Software Engineer, Watch Software
$185K–$278K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Jul 1, 2025
- Experience
- 5+ years of related experience.
- Education
- BS CE/CS or equivalent experience.
About the job
Develop and improve Apple Watch and iPhone setup experiences, including device configuration, Settings, Control Center, Device Finding, and supporting frameworks.
What you'll do
- Build reliable, polished onboarding and device configuration experiences for watchOS and iOS.
- Architect efficient, maintainable systems for a low-power device in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Coordinate with QA and automation teams to ensure full test coverage.
What they ask for
- BS CE/CS or equivalent experience.
- Excellent Swift and Objective-C coding ability; ability to learn and work with a variety of programming languages and technologies.
- Experience contributing to at least one shipping application or framework; operating systems knowledge and hands-on experience with inter-process communication.
- Proven record of completing projects on time and to specification; excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Nice to have
- Experience optimizing applications, widgets, or daemons, and profiling/debugging throughout the stack.
- Experience improving complex systems or a strong intuition for UI/UX design.
Pay
$184,700 and $277,600 (USD base salary)
Tools
Swift, Objective-C, SwiftUI, Assembly, Python, C, ML technologies
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