17 hours ago
Responsibilities
- Build high-quality iOS applications and frameworks using maintainable architectures and performant code.
- Develop scalable, reliable, and secure backend services and APIs that support Apple Invites and iCloud products.
- Create features for event creation, invitations, participant management, and event coordination.
- Design and maintain persistence, synchronization, distributed-service, and data-processing capabilities.
- Write unit, end-to-end, and other test coverage while improving existing systems.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams across Apple and participate in code reviews.
- Use generative AI tools and Apple Intelligence capabilities responsibly to accelerate development and improve code quality.
Requirements
- Professional iOS application development experience with Swift and SwiftUI, or professional backend-service development experience with an object-oriented language such as Java, Go, or C++.
- Strong depth in either iOS or backend engineering and working familiarity with the other area.
- Working knowledge of the iOS SDK, including SwiftUI and UIKit, for iOS-focused candidates.
- Familiarity with data persistence and synchronization using CloudKit, SwiftData, or similar technologies.
- Experience with backend service communication through REST APIs and/or gRPC.
- Familiarity with relational and/or NoSQL data stores and persistence trade-offs.
- Experience writing unit and end-to-end tests and backfilling coverage for existing systems.
- Strong problem-solving, debugging, communication, collaboration, and code-quality skills.
- Hands-on professional experience with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, or ChatGPT.
- Preferred qualifications include CoreData and CloudKit integration, development for iPad, Apple Watch, or Apple TV, RESTful API integration, additional programming languages, distributed cloud architectures, Docker and Kubernetes, caching, event-driven systems, CI/CD pipelines, Apache Spark, and Java frameworks such as Spring or Netty.
Benefits
- The role offers opportunities to work on creative, highly visible products used by millions of iCloud users worldwide.
- The team emphasizes collaboration, inclusivity, learning, knowledge sharing, and professional growth.
Tech Stack
Categories
BackendMobile
About Apple
Apple designs and sells consumer electronics, software, and services for consumers and professionals worldwide, including iPhone, Mac, iPad, Apple Watch, and AirPods, plus platforms like iOS/macOS and services such as the App Store, iCloud, Music, and TV+. Its business combines device sales with services and subscriptions and in-house silicon design. Founded in 1976, Apple is headquartered in Cupertino, California, and trades on NASDAQ as AAPL.