Software Engineer, Braille Accessibility

People who are blind or have low vision can access text and sometimes images using a Refreshable Braille Display which dynamically raises and lowers tactile dots on a surface. Apples VoiceOver screen reader supports using Refreshable Braille Displays via USB or Bluetooth on many Apple platforms including iOS macOS watchOS and visionOS. The Braille Accessibility team is responsible for all Braille-related support in VoiceOver ranging from low-level drivers through high-level features to customize the user experience specifically for Braille.

At Apple we believe that technology is most powerful when it empowers everyone. Our team is seeking a Software Engineer to improve and enhance the accessibility of Apple products for all users regardless of their abilities. The ideal candidate will be a motivated software engineer eager to learn and contribute meaningfully to the lives of our the Braille Accessibility team youll work across the whole stack to ensure a great experience for Braille users ranging from low-level drivers to translating between print text and braille all the way through helping to ensure that user interfaces on Apple platforms are fully accessible to Braille the best way to solve a problem will be to debug it across the whole platform. We need someone who wont be afraid to dive into app code system frameworks or third-party libraries order to find the root cause and deliver the best user experience.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or equivalentn3 years of relevant work experiencenProficient in Swift Objective-C C Java or another systems languagenExcellent written and verbal communication skills

Experience with accessibility and assistive technologies (experience with Braille would be a plus)nExperience with Objective-C and/or Swift and developing on Apple platformsnExperience with both low-level systems code (e.g. byte manipulation and IPCs) and frontend to build software that makes a tangible difference in peoples lives