6 days ago
Cupertino, CA, USAMid Level
H1B Sponsor
Responsibilities
- Implement and optimize real-time graphics and rendering features in the CoreAnimation pipeline.
- Develop and optimize Metal command generation and low-level compositing architectures.
- Deliver UI materials, system animations, and platform experiences across Apple's product ecosystem.
- Reduce rendering latency across CPU and GPU pipelines and improve battery efficiency.
- Debug and eliminate visual corruption across diverse hardware configurations.
- Collaborate with UI Frameworks, System Experience, Human Interface Design, and GPU/Hardware teams.
- Profile and optimize graphics performance across CPU/GPU boundaries.
- Incorporate AI-assisted workflows and agentic coding tools into software engineering practices.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of software development experience and 2 years of real-time rendering and computer graphics experience.
- Production experience delivering graphics or rendering features.
- Strong C/C++ programming skills and expertise with GPU-accelerated rendering pipelines.
- Hands-on experience with Metal, Vulkan, or DirectX and low-level rendering optimization.
- Foundational knowledge of operating systems, computer architecture, CPU/GPU programming, and memory subsystems.
- Strong debugging, triage, graphics profiling, and CPU/GPU optimization skills.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Preferred qualifications include TBDR GPU knowledge, advanced graphics programming, low-level Metal/Vulkan/D3D12 command generation, multithreaded rendering, CPU/GPU synchronization, client/server or multiprocess graphics, consumer graphics products, automated graphics testing, CoreAnimation, compositing, scene graphs, color management, HDR, wide color gamut, shader programming, and Apple platform development in Swift or Objective-C.
About Apple
We’re a diverse collective of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. And the same innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it. This is where your work can make a difference in people’s lives. Including your own. Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. Visit apple.com/careers to learn more.