Sr. Systems Software Engineer Video Technologies

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. For decades weve empowered creative professionals with industry-defining tools that transform how stories are told and brought to life. When we bring everybody in we can do the best work of our lives. Here youll do more than join something youll add Video Applications team continues this legacy as part of Apple Creator Studio delivering an integrated creative suite of professional video toolsincluding Final Cut Pro Motion and Compressor. Were looking for a strong senior software engineer to help develop these applications and deliver the next generation of features that empower creative professionals worldwide.n

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Video Applications team youll build and evolve the core application layers that support high-performance video workflows. This role focuses on low-level non-UI technologies that are foundational to reliability security and performance across our video applications. Youll collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to design and implement robust systems that integrate deeply in Apples creative applications ecosystem.n

Design implement and maintain low-level application infrastructure supporting video deeply with application networking and file system architecture ensuring performance reliability and and maintain XPC-based architectures including communication between services and external and manage Security Scoped Bookmarks and related sandboxed resource and diagnose complex issues across frameworks services and external processes using Xcode and system-level and maintain high-quality code in C Objective-C and in code reviews design discussions and technical investigations while contributing to engineering excellence with cross-functional teams to define technical direction and influence architectural decisions.n

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering or equivalentn7 years of professional software engineering experience with a focus on low-level application experience building low-level non-UI application have experience working with macOS internalsnIn-depth knowledge of application networking and file system understanding of XPC processes and interprocess working with Security Scoped Bookmarks and platform security in C Objective-C and debugging skills using Xcode including frameworks and external to reason about performance concurrency memory management and system working on complex long-lived codebases.n

Experience working in sandboxed or security-sensitive with media or graphics applications video editing tools or creative software ability to work on complex ambiguous problems and drive solutions ownership of shared infrastructure or platform-level components.n