Senior Developer Experience Engineer

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Cupertino, CA
Salary
$184,700–$324,800 / yr
Posted
10 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $183k
This role $255k
$95k most similar roles pay here $349k

This role pays more than 96% of similar roles. Most pay $152,551–$214,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $255k 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 is a senior-level role focused on evolving the developer experience, tools, and workflows for engineers building complex creative projects. You will own the day-to-day practices of the engineering organization by identifying high-impact problems and implementing solutions through tooling changes, process improvements, and direct collaboration with specialized teams. Key responsibilities include building and improving daily engineer tools, shaping ownership and review practices, developing instrumentation to surface engineering health and failure trends, and driving the adoption of AI-assisted and agentic workflows. The role requires expertise in Xcode, iOS Development, build systems, continuous integration, and automated test infrastructure. You will solve technical challenges related to developer productivity and delivery cycles by managing existing tools while determining future development paths for internal systems and engineering workflows.

What you'll do

  • Build and improve internal tools used daily by engineering teams based on direct user feedback.
  • Define and manage the systems, workflows, and practices that support multi-team engineering goals.
  • Shape code ownership, review practices, validation, and verification processes for engineering teams.
  • Develop instrumentation and reporting to surface engineering health and failure trends.
  • Identify and implement AI-assisted and agentic workflows to accelerate development and validation cycles.
  • Determine the roadmap for existing tooling and delivery systems to improve developer experience.

What we're looking for

  • 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 an engineering team works 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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