Software Development Engineer, Vision Products Group

Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each others ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. Its the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, youll do more than join something - youll add something.

Join our Systems Software Architecture Team under VPG, where were pioneering a revolutionary framework thats redefining how Apple products deliver real-time experiences. Our framework enables developers to express workloads as interconnected graphs, creating demand-driven systems that optimize for latency and enable zero-copy data access. Originally developed to help visionOS achieve its critical motion-to-photon latency targets-providing users with a seamless, realistic experience through Vision Pro-our technology is now expanding to iOS and macOS. As Apple deploys LLMs and other real-time features across platforms, our framework is becoming essential infrastructure that enables the next generation of Apple product experiences. As a Software Development Engineer, you will implement and improve framework features that power real-time experiences across Apples product ecosystem. Youll work with cross-functional teams to build and optimize components for products like Vision Pro, iPhone, and Mac, contributing to systems that meet demanding performance requirements for latency, jitter, and user experience. This role requires solid technical skills in systems programming, a growing ability to evaluate architectural tradeoffs, and a passion for delivering technology that enables breakthrough product features.Implement and optimize framework features that enable customer-facing capabilities on visionOS, iOS, and macOS platforms. Develop code using C/C++, Objective-C, and/or Swift. Contribute to architectural RFCs and technical documentation that guide the team in developing framework features. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to understand requirements and deliver optimized solutions. Triage and investigate incoming issues using metrics including MTBF, client team impact, user experience, and test coverage. Analyze tradeoffs between different technical approaches and contribute to discussions on optimal solutions for complex problems. Profile and optimize system performance to meet critical KPIs for latency, jitter, and resource utilization.Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field, and 2 years of relevant industry experience; or Masters degree with 1 year of relevant experience. Understanding of operating systems fundamentals including process management, memory management, inter-process communication, concurrent programming, and synchronization primitives. Proficiency in C/C++ programming for systems-level development. Experience with debugging tools such as gdb or lldb. Ability to analyze system performance and identify bottlenecks. Familiarity with Gen AI coding tools. Demonstrated ability to use them for design, code generation, and debugging.Understanding of computer architecture and hardware-software interaction. Experience with or interest in resource-constrained Embedded Systems development. Familiarity with real-time systems design principles and scheduling algorithms. Exposure to performance-critical software development in production systems. Interest in or experience with AR/VR systems, spatial computing, or graphics pipelines. iOS or macOS development experience using system frameworks. Exposure to Objective-C or Swift for platform development.