About the Role

Innovation runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it.

Join the team that is revolutionizing Apple Watch! The Messages team on watchOS is looking for an energetic and creative software engineer to build experiences that keep the world securely connected. Work on building features like Voice Dictation, Emoji Tapbacks, Text Effects, and carrier features like RCS. You will have the opportunity to work closely with iOS Counterparts as well as many other teams across Apple. We deliver experiences that shape how the world communicates and make it so simple they can do it from their wrist.

Responsibilities

• Working with designers to turn ideas into meaningful prototypes, and demoing them to stakeholders.
• Writing high quality, well tested, and performant code to develop those prototypes into polished, Apple-level experiences that we're proud to ship.
• Architect systems that are extensible, adaptable, and stand the test of time.
• Profile and optimize cutting-edge features to run well on a low-powered, highly-constrained device.
• Work daily with quality assurance teams to find and fix all the bugs, edge cases, and performance issues that impact the user experience.

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years of related experience
• A Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• 3 years of experience in Objective-C or Swift
• Proven experience contributing to at least one application or framework
• A consistent track record of delivering projects on time and within specifications
• Familiarity with systems and hands-on experience with inter-process communication
• Experience optimizing applications and profiling across the entire stack
• Adaptability, results orientation, and a positive attitude
• Excellent communication and collaborative skills
• Attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience improving and expanding on existing complex projects and systems
• Experience defining and driving large scale projects across different levels of the stack
• Experience with both SwiftUI and UIKit lifecycle apps

Equal Opportunity

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.