Senior Developer Experience Engineer

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Vancouver, WA
Salary
$165,800–$292,400 / yr
Posted
10 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $229k
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This role pays more than 87% of similar roles. Most pay $152,551–$214,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $229k 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 used by engineers building complex projects. This role involves identifying high-impact problems and addressing them through tooling changes, process improvements, and direct collaboration with specialized engineering teams. Key responsibilities include building and improving internal tools, shaping ownership and review practices, developing instrumentation for reporting engineering health, and driving the adoption of AI-assisted and agentic workflows to accelerate development cycles. The ideal candidate possesses experience in Xcode and iOS Development, build systems, continuous integration, and automated test infrastructure. This role focuses on solving technical challenges related to developer productivity and delivery within a creative technology context, ensuring that engineers can work efficiently while managing sophisticated software projects.

What you'll do

  • Build and improve the internal tools that engineers use for daily development tasks.
  • Define and manage engineering workflows, including ownership models, review practices, and quality gates.
  • Develop instrumentation and reporting systems to track engineering health and failure trends.
  • Identify and implement AI-assisted and agentic workflows to accelerate development cycles.
  • Partner with specialized teams to optimize validation and verification processes.
  • Determine the roadmap for existing tooling and infrastructure to improve developer experience.
  • Solve high-impact problems through technical tool changes, process improvements, or direct intervention.

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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