Senior Developer Experience Engineer

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Diego, CA
Salary
$175,000–$308,500 / yr
Posted
10 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $242k
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This role pays more than 93% of similar roles. Most pay $152,551–$214,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $242k versus about $183k for comparable roles.

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About Apple Inc

Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company known for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, software, and online services, including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and App Store. Industry: Consumer Electronics & Software

Apple Inc currently has 1984 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Developer Experience Engineer

Creative Applications: Senior Developer Experience Engineer joins the creative engineering organization to own and evolve the developer experience, including tools, workflows, and daily practices. This role involves identifying high-impact problems and addressing them through tooling changes, process improvements, and direct collaboration with specialized engineering teams. The engineer will build and improve internal tools, shape ownership and review practices, develop instrumentation for reporting engineering health and failure trends, and drive the adoption of AI-assisted and agentic workflows to accelerate development cycles. Required skills include over eight years of professional software engineering experience, proficiency with Xcode and iOS Development, and expertise in building internal tools, build systems, continuous integration, or automated test infrastructure. The role focuses on solving technical challenges related to developer productivity and workflow optimization for complex, multifaceted creative projects.

What you'll do

  • Build and improve internal tools used daily by the engineering team based on direct user feedback.
  • Define and manage workflows for code ownership, review practices, and validation processes.
  • Develop instrumentation and reporting systems to track engineering health and failure trends.
  • Identify and implement AI-assisted and agentic workflows to accelerate development cycles.
  • Solve high-impact developer experience problems through tooling changes or process improvements.
  • Manage the evolution of existing delivery systems and infrastructure for multiple specialized teams.

What we're looking for

  • At least 8 years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Experience with Xcode and iOS Development.
  • Experience building internal or customer-facing tools that solve real problems.
  • Experience with build systems, continuous integration, or automated test infrastructure.
  • Experience building developer-facing tooling used daily by engineering teams.
  • Experience changing how engineering teams work regarding ownership models, review practices, and quality gates.
  • Experience owning delivery across teams as a technical program lead or in a role combining engineering and program ownership.
  • Fluency with current agent architecture patterns and experience adapting to their changes.

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