Software Engineer, iOS Keyboard

Apple • Cupertino, CA

21h

About The Position

Are you passionate about helping people communicate all over the world? The iOS
Keyboard is one of the most-used software applications in the world and is used
to type billions of messages every day. We build the keyboard and text editing
experience for iPhone & iPad, including features such as QuickType, QuickPath,
AutoFill, Writing Tools etc. as well as text input technologies on all Apple
platforms—iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS—including frameworks and developer APIs.
We are looking for a creative and hardworking software engineer to help craft
the next generation of Keyboard and Text Input experiences that are intuitive,
personal, and inclusive of people all over the world, across many different
languages and cultures, all while respecting each user’s privacy.

DESCRIPTION

Collaborate with a world-class design team and hard-working engineers to
innovate and deliver high-impact features that fuse best-in-class user
interfaces with innovative machine learning technologies. You will be
responsible for a combination of software design exploration, implementation,
and maintenance of cross-platform frameworks and applications. You will develop
production-quality software while working through iterative development cycles.
You will partner with many teams at Apple to deliver best-in-class features such
as Accessibility, Design, Hardware, Localization, Natural Language Processing,
Privacy, etc.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in building iOS apps using Apple’s UI frameworks
• Experience with Objective-C, C, Swift, or C++ programming
• Exposure to modern software development standard methodologies, such as source control, unit testing, and debugging
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Passion to improve Apple’s products

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience in building iOS apps using Apple’s UI frameworks
• Passion and experience for languages, internationalization
• Familiarity with software optimization and performance measurement tools
• Ability to effectively contribute to several concurrent projects
• Ability to thrive in a highly collaborative environment

Responsibilities

• software design exploration
• implementation
• maintenance of cross-platform frameworks and applications
• develop production-quality software while working through iterative development cycles

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees