UI Performance and Power - Senior Engineer

Apple • Cupertino, CA

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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. If you are passionate about delivering smooth animations, exceptional visual quality, and great battery life to millions of users worldwide, we want to hear from you. If you're excited about maximizing the latest capabilities of our Apple SoCs and Graphics APIs to enable stunning visual effects, this role is for you.

Senior Engineer on the UI Performance and Power team responsible for analyzing and optimizing graphics compositing performance across Apple's product lineup. In this role, the candidate will drive performance improvements that directly impact user experience, develop tools for performance analysis, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver a smooth, glitch-free, responsive, and power-efficient UI across all Apple devices.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in software development, including software release and integration processes
• Strong experience with performance analysis, optimization, and profiling techniques
• Hands-on experience with real-time rendering and computer graphics
• Strong foundational understanding of Operating Systems, Computer Architecture, and CPU/GPU programming
• Strong C/C++ programming and systems-level development
• Proven debugging skills for complex, multi-layered systems
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Metal or modern graphics APIs (DirectX, Vulkan)
• Experience with Mac or iOS application development using Swift or Objective-C
• Knowledge of power management and battery-life analysis techniques
• Experience with memory footprint analysis and optimizations
• Experience developing performance analysis tools and automation frameworks
• Experience with automated performance testing and regression analysis systems

Responsibilities

• Analyzing and optimizing graphics compositing performance
• Drive performance improvements that directly impact user experience
• Develop tools for performance analysis
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver a smooth, glitch-free, responsive, and power-efficient UI across all Apple devices

What This Job Offers

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