Systems Software Engineer - Performance & Agentic Tools

Apple • Cupertino, CA

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About The Position

The OS Performance Tools team builds software that helps Apple engineers and third-party developers understand and improve the performance of code running on Apple platforms, including macOS, iOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS. This role focuses on using AI to scale performance triage and analysis by building agentic workflows that derive insights from diagnostics and telemetry, connect issues identified by different pipelines, and automate performance investigations.

The engineer will work across systems performance, developer tooling, and applied AI to build tools for inspecting, analyzing, and modeling performance across Apple platforms. Day-to-day work includes triaging performance issues, identifying patterns suitable for automation, and turning them into tools and agentic workflows. The role also delivers solutions that improve usability, cross-platform compatibility, and the efficiency of performance analysis and debugging across the OS.

The position involves extensive collaboration with teams across Apple, including hardware, kernel, frontend, graphics, and data analytics groups. The successful candidate brings systems or application development experience, a conceptual understanding of computer systems from hardware through the user interface, and strong problem-solving and collaboration skills.

Requirements

• Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
• Strong operating system and systems fundamentals.
• Proficiency in C, Objective-C, Swift, or a similar language.
• Prior development experience in Unix, Linux, macOS, or iOS.
• Ability to independently learn new technologies, prototype, and propose software designs and solutions.
• Passion for product quality and attention to detail.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
• Computer science degree or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on experience using AI to solve complex software engineering problems.

Nice To Haves

• Experience building robust agentic workflows following industry best practices.
• Systems or application development experience, preferably on iOS or macOS.

Responsibilities

• Build agentic workflows that use AI to scale performance triage and analysis.
• Analyze diagnostics and telemetry to derive insights and connect issues surfaced by different pipelines.
• Automate performance investigations.
• Build tools to inspect, analyze, and model performance across Apple platforms.
• Triage performance issues, identify patterns that can be automated, and turn those patterns into tools and workflows.
• Deliver solutions that improve usability, cross-platform compatibility, and performance analysis and debugging efficiency.
• Collaborate with teams across Apple, including hardware, kernel, frontend, graphics, and data analytics groups.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time