Senior Media Applications Engineer, Audio & Media Technologies

Apple • San Diego, CA

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About The Position

Media, Graphics & Compute Technologies (MGCT) provides the media and graphics foundation across all of Apple’s innovative products, including iPhone, Apple Vision Pro, Apple TV, Apple Watch, iPad, and Mac. The AVKit Engineering team within MGCT provides the media playback UI across Apple’s innovative products. The team is responsible for implementing media application frameworks which support playback and editing of audiovisual media, as well as local media playback, video-on-demand, and live streaming. The AVKit framework is used across Apple products such as Safari, TV, Photos, Music, FaceTime, iMovie, and 3rd parties, across all platforms. We are looking for a Senior Engineer with an excellent technical and programming background and great communication skills with working experience in the media domain to help us build innovative media playback experiences. The AVKit Engineering team is looking for a top-notch, skilled senior engineer who is motivated to help design and build media playback UI across Apple’s products. You will design and implement new features, as well as UI APIs for both Apple and third-party adoption. You will also collaborate closely with other engineering and design teams to implement system media UIs.

Requirements

• 5+ years of programming experience, preferably in Objective-C and Swift
• Deep knowledge of Operating System design and concepts
• Excellent collaboration skills, with the ability to crisply and clearly explain advanced concepts
• Proficiency in developing with Cocoa or other application frameworks
• BS or MS in CS/CE or equivalent practical experience
• Demonstrated problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills
• Excellent understanding of optimization and performance issues across OS software layers

Nice To Haves

• Working experience in the media domain

Responsibilities

• Design and implement new features
• Design and implement UI APIs for both Apple and third-party adoption
• Collaborate closely with other engineering and design teams to implement system media UIs
• Triage and resolve complex bugs

What This Job Offers

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