UX Software Engineer - Special Projects

Apple • Santa Clara, CA

4d

About The Position

We're a small team at Apple betting on what comes next. We believe AI will fundamentally change how people interact with their devices — and we're looking for software engineers who want to build that future. We can't say much about what we're building for our customers. What we can say: the problems are genuinely new and the potential reach is enormous. Beyond the work, we're a collaborative, humble, and curious group that loves learning from each other and building together. You'll work alongside a tight group of engineers, designers, and researchers to bring AI features from early prototype to product. This is 0-to-1 work — from a rough idea on a whiteboard to software running on real devices. You'll have a lot of autonomy in how you get there. You'll grow here. The work is hard enough to demand it and the team is generous enough to support it.

Requirements

• BS Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of mobile or application development experience
• strong CS fundamentals
• iOS and Swift experience is a plus — but if you're strong in another platform, you'll pick it up here.
• You've shipped software that people used — and you're ready to own bigger pieces end-to-end
• You've built something from scratch — a side project, hackathon, or an app you shipped on your own. You know what it takes to go from zero to something real
• You figure things out. When you're stuck, you dig in — reading the source, building a prototype, or asking the right questions
• Comfortable with ambiguity — you may not have all the answers yet, but you know how to find them
• You work well with others and communicate clearly across teams
• You're curious about AI tools and you are already experimenting with how they change the way you write code

Nice To Haves

• Experience developing software for human-AI interaction
• Experience in one or more iOS/macOS domains: system services, UI frameworks, concurrent application architecture, or performance optimization
• You seek out feedback and learn fast from the people around you
• Close to the frontier. You're the person your friends come to when a new model drops or a new technique emerges
• A point of view on where human-AI interaction is headed — and the drive to be part of building it

Responsibilities

• Designing and building iOS-based software that re-imagines and creates new Apple experiences using AI
• Prototyping rapidly to explore what works — then making it real
• Partnering closely with Design, Machine Learning, and other teams to shape features, not just implement specs
• Contributing to architecture decisions, absorbing how senior engineers think, and growing your technical voice
• Investing in the quality and reliability of what you ship — through testing, tooling, and infrastructure that gives the team confidence

What This Job Offers

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