Apple
Sr. Video Software Engineer, Camera & Photos
$175K–$308K
Seattle, Washington · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 10, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of software engineering experience.
- Education
- A CS degree or equivalent years of relevant industry experience.
About the job
Architects and delivers professional video capabilities across Apple’s camera stack, from ISP integration to APIs, while shaping the pro video platform with customers and industry partners.
What you'll do
- Deliver professional video features across the camera stack and design APIs and frameworks for third-party camera apps.
- Work with industry partners, standards bodies, customers, and cross-functional teams to validate direction and complete features.
- Turn industry and customer needs into roadmaps, contribute to architecture, mentor colleagues, and present technical strategies to leadership.
What they ask for
- Demonstrated ability to architect systems end-to-end and independently drive complex, cross-team technical efforts from ambiguity to delivery.
- Strong programming skills in Objective-C, C, C++, or Swift across greenfield and legacy codebases.
- Deep expertise in professional video technology and experience with professional video hardware, production environments, or broadcast infrastructure.
- Excellent communication skills; a CS degree or equivalent years of relevant industry experience.
Nice to have
- Professional experience in broadcast, cinema, or live production technology; familiarity with timing and synchronization standards such as PTP/IEEE 1588, timecode, or genlock.
- Experience with Apple platforms, AVFoundation, Core Media, Core Video, SDI, DisplayPort, HDR workflows, or real-time image processing.
Pay
$175,000 and $308,500 USD base salary
Tools
Objective-C, C, C++, Swift, AVFoundation, Core Media, Core Video, PTP/IEEE 1588
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