Production Metal Frameworks Engineer

Apple • Cupertino, CA

5h

About The Position

The Metal Frameworks team is directly responsible for the Metal APIs used by
both internal and external clients to interface with the powerful Apple Silicon
GPU on all Apple platforms, from the smallest Apple Watch to the largest Mac Pro
and everything in between. The team collaborates closely with GPU driver,
compiler, ecosystem, tooling, and platform OS teams to deliver the best possible
Metal developer experience, as well as internal client teams wishing to leverage
the computational power of the GPU.

The successful candidate is a critical thinker capable of envisioning the
optimal way to leverage upcoming GPU features while also looking for
opportunities to blend the best ideas from inside/outside of Apple to improve
the Metal API. They can apply their software engineering skills to design and
implement clear, flexible APIs to expose these features as well as deliver
validation and testing plans that provide strong confidence in the robustness
and quality of the implementation.

Requirements

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or a related technical field; or equivalent experience
• Practical experience in modern GPU programming using Metal, DirectX, and/or Vulkan
• Knowledge of Operating Systems, Computer Architecture, and CPU/GPU programming
• Proven experience shipping software written in C, C++ and/or Objective-C programming languages

Nice To Haves

• Recent experience with modern rendering techniques like ray tracing
• Familiarity with machine learning frameworks and accelerating them on the GPU
• Experience in developing OS, systems, frameworks and/or game middleware software
• Familiarity with Apple framework and API design patterns

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level