Front End SW Engineer - iOS / Web - iCloud

Apple•San Diego, CA

About The Position

The iCloud Mail, Calendar & Contacts Client Engineering team is dedicated to crafting exceptional products and user experiences for iCloud Mail across iOS, macOS, and the Web, as well as being responsible for developing system-level client frameworks. This role offers the opportunity to work on complex, exciting, and highly transparent products with endless opportunities to make a real difference, reaching a billion users. The team's goal is to provide new features and functionality to iCloud customers by integrating client-device and cloud domains, and to provide an avenue for exploratory work. Work will involve building simple-to-use User Interfaces and experiences, as well as Client frameworks with performance and power efficiency in mind. The role requires collaboration within the team and with cross-functional engineering teams. Responsibilities include crafting efficient, testable, easy-to-maintain code, writing functional specifications and design documents, maintaining the technology stack, and crafting new functionality. The ideal candidate is an extremely capable engineer with a strong background in building high-performance, extensible systems, system-level engineering, the vision to create foundational work, and the drive to see tasks through to completion. Quality is paramount, with a focus on building comprehensive unit and end-to-end tests for both new and existing features.

Requirements

7+ years experience with iOS/macOS and/or web application engineering.
Designing and building pixel-perfect, complex, and accessible user interfaces/applications.
Experience defining and integrating with Web Service APIs.
Inquisitive and highly-motivated self-starter and problem solver with a drive to integrate, communicate, and work well with large projects and teams.
Demonstrated experience designing, building and maintaining high-performance systems and frameworks.
Deep understanding of software design patterns and software development.
Comfortable navigating and exploring large code bases.
Excellent collaboration skills, including the ability to drive discussions to align large cross-functional teams and demonstrating ownership.
Experience integrating with OS services using XPC with a healthy understanding of security practices like privilege separation/escalation.
Demonstrated experience in influencing the architecture of backend systems, prioritizing user experience throughout the process.
Experience with native framework development.
Strong programming fundamentals.

Responsibilities

Crafting exceptional products and user experiences for iCloud Mail across iOS, macOS, and the Web.
Developing system-level client frameworks.
Integrating client-device and cloud domains to provide new features and functionality.
Building simple-to-use User Interfaces and experiences.
Developing Client frameworks with performance and power efficiency in mind.
Collaborating within the team and with cross-functional engineering teams.
Crafting efficient, testable, easy-to-maintain code.
Writing functional specifications and design documents.
Maintaining the technology stack.
Crafting new functionality.
Building high-performance, extensible systems.
Performing system-level engineering.
Creating foundational work and building on it to provide functionality.
Seeing tasks through to completion.
Building comprehensive unit and end-to-end tests for new and existing features.