About the position
Imagine what you can do here. Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their lives best work. Together we create products and experiences people once couldn't have imagined, and now, can't imagine living without. It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Research, design, and develop computer and network software or specialized utility programs. Understand user needs, build innovative systems and algorithms, write software, and test, analyze, optimize, debug, and fix the software through interaction and visual design techniques. Create design prototypes and UI renderings to help understand and visualize new product concepts, features, and interfaces. Write prototype software in Xcode, Apple prototyping tools, and using visual and design interaction tools like Photoshop, Illustrator, Keynote, and Final Cut Pro. Collaborate with technical artists to ensure graphic fidelity and high-performance standards. Work with designers to build and review the graphics in software to match design specifications. Analyze software performance to achieve faster graphics performance, and research new methods for achieving desired functionality and visual effects. Use interaction and visual design techniques and develop new software features and apps by creating design prototypes. Test software features and apps by writing functional, nonfunctional, stress, and performance tests to verify that software works as designed, reviewing testing plans for completeness and accuracy, and manually testing software and identifying new defects. Review software source code, write comments on issues found, and approve source code changes. Lead software teams from a technical role by planning work that requires multiple engineers across teams to write new software, organizing and leading meetings to review and agree on work with other engineers, and answering questions and reviewing work proposals and progress. Train engineers by scheduling regular meetings, giving guidance on projects, technical decisions, and source code, and answering any questions.
Responsibilities
- Research, design, and develop computer and network software or specialized utility programs.
- Understand user needs and build innovative systems and algorithms.
- Write software and test, analyze, optimize, debug, and fix the software.
- Create design prototypes and UI renderings.
- Write prototype software in Xcode and other Apple prototyping tools.
- Collaborate with technical artists to ensure graphic fidelity and high-performance standards.
- Work with designers to build and review graphics in software.
- Analyze software performance to achieve faster graphics performance.
- Research new methods for achieving desired functionality and visual effects.
- Develop new software features and apps by creating design prototypes.
- Test software features and apps by writing various tests.
- Review software source code and approve changes.
- Lead software teams from a technical role.
- Train engineers by scheduling meetings and providing guidance.
Requirements
- Experience in software development and design.
- Proficiency in Xcode and Apple prototyping tools.
- Strong understanding of interaction and visual design techniques.
- Ability to analyze software performance and optimize graphics.
- Experience in writing functional, nonfunctional, stress, and performance tests.
- Strong leadership and training skills.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
- Retirement benefits.
- Discounted products and free services.
- Reimbursement for certain educational expenses, including tuition.
- Eligibility for discretionary bonuses or commission payments.
- Opportunity to participate in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs.
