Sr Software Engineering Manager, UI Rendering
About The Position
Apple's Compositing, Color, and Display Software organization provides the graphics software foundation for all of Apple's innovative products, including iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac and Apple Watch. Our goal is to enable developers and HI designers to create exceptional visual experiences by efficiently utilizing hardware acceleration and color technologies through compositing and display. The technologies we develop are central to enabling enhanced experiences across our platforms, including acceleration for Liquid Glass UI material and presenting HDR content with the highest quality. Are you passionate about building the rendering technologies that make interfaces feel alive? Do you get excited about solving complex graphics challenges to deliver beautiful, responsive experiences at scale? If creating world-class visual experiences through innovative rendering architecture energizes you, this is your opportunity.We're looking for a talented software manager with both deep rendering expertise and proven leadership capabilities to lead our UI Rendering team. In this role, you'll drive key aspects of the Core Animation graphics compositing and rendering engine that powers visual experiences across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Watch. You'll lead the team in architecting and building the graphics technologies that bring our user interfaces to life, from foundational compositing systems to cutting-edge visual effects. Working at the heart of our graphics stack, you'll bridge the gap between creative vision and technical reality. You and your team will partner directly with HI designers to prototype and productize new visual concepts, collaborate with framework engineers to expose powerful rendering capabilities, and work alongside our Metal and GPU teams to unlock the full potential of Apple Silicon. From next-generation material systems to sophisticated animation techniques, you'll shape the visual foundation that defines how millions experience Apple products every day.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience with Metal and modern graphics APIs
- Knowledge of advanced rendering techniques (physically-based rendering, real-time effects, compositing algorithms)
- Experience with Mac or iOS application development using Swift or Objective-C
- Familiarity with color management, HDR, and wide color gamut workflows
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of visual quality assessment and rendering correctness validation
- Understanding of performance optimization and power efficiency considerations for graphics
- Experience shipping consumer graphics products at scale and working across hardware and software
- Track record of influencing technical strategy and making data-driven recommendations
- Experience with automated testing frameworks for graphics rendering
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Industry
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
