Senior Performance Engineer, Apple Services Engineering

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$175,000–$308,500 / yr
Posted
21 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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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

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TL;DR · Senior Performance Engineer, Apple Services Engineering

Senior Performance Engineer, Apple Services Engineering joins the Architecture & Performance Team to ensure the end-user perceived performance of media products and services like Apple Music and Apple TV. This full stack role involves defining performance metrics, collaborating with cross-functional experts across the client and service stack to architect performant features, uncovering optimization opportunities in existing stacks, and establishing quality guardrails. The successful candidate will utilize expertise in CPU, memory, and latency optimization while leveraging profiling, statistics, and visualization tools for measurement and analysis. Required technical skills include proficiency in iOS, macOS, Linux, Java, Swift, and Web technologies. The role focuses on solving performance challenges within the media product space to ensure fluid and responsive user experiences through deep technical engineering across large cross-organizational projects.

What you'll do

  • Manage end-user perceived performance for Media products such as Apple Music and Apple TV.
  • Define appropriate performance metrics and set targets for new services and applications.
  • Architect performant features by collaborating with experts across the client and service stack.
  • Identify and execute optimization opportunities within existing technology stacks.
  • Establish quality guardrails to ensure fluid and responsive user experiences.
  • Lead cross-organizational programs to drive technical performance goals.
  • Use profiling, statistics, and visualization tools to measure and analyze system performance.
  • Resolve complex CPU, memory, and latency issues across iOS, macOS, Linux, Java, Swift, and Web platforms.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
  • 2+ years of experience as a Tech Lead or Architect driving cross-organizational Performance programs.
  • 7+ years of industry experience optimizing for CPU, Memory, and Latency issues.
  • 7+ years of experience understanding OS and Application performance best practices (iOS, macOS, Linux | Java, Swift, Web).
  • 7+ years of experience using profiling, statistics, and visualization tools for performance measurement and analysis.
  • Aptitude to independently learn new technologies, prototype, and propose new software designs and solutions (preferred).
  • Ability to influence and shepherd cross-functional teams to achieve shared goals (preferred).
  • Experience with audio/video playback (preferred).

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