GPU Image Processing Framework Software Engineer

iPhone is the most popular camera in the world and at the heart of the image quality and effects that have made it so sits Core Image Apples industry-leading GPU-centric image processing framework. Join us and help drive phenomenal and groundbreaking imaging capabilities across iOS and macOS powering leading mobile and desktop technologies from iPhones Portrait Mode and Stage Light to the Macs iMovie Photos Pixelmator and top third-party image editing applications collaborating with teams across the company and beyond and directly impacting the millions of photos captured across the Apple ecosystem every day. Imagine what you could do here with your abilities and expertise.

We are looking for a software engineer to join the Apple Camera and Photos team to help develop the next generation GPU-based imaging processing technologies on mobile and desktop platforms with emphasis on performance optimization and machine-learning integration. You will play a meaningful role in adding new capabilities and optimizing performance for industry-leading image processing frameworks.

Responsibilities include collaborating with teams across and beyond the company to develop new algorithms for future initiatives in computational photography identify key use cases for performance maximization analyzing and investigating the performance of image processing pipelines identifying bottlenecks and opportunities for performance improvements designing and extending efficient processing pipelines and implementing optimized code paths for the best results.

Proficiency in GPU in C/C or coursework in performance programming and systems programming; concurrency and memory-constrained programming knowledge is a or coursework in image processing interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively in cross-functional Degree in Computer Science or related discipline or equivalent experience.

Experience with UNIX/Linux highly desired; experience with OS X/Darwin a major with raw image processing demosaicking and common image manipulation is a with color spaces pixel representations and dynamic range is desired.