Senior Software Engineer, Computer Use & Automation

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Cupertino, CA
Salary: $150,400–$277,600 / yr
Posted: 76 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 Software Engineer, Computer Use & Automation

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The Senior Software Engineer, Computer Use & Automation joins the Tools and Frameworks group to build underlying technologies for UI Automation APIs, agentic computer use, and future testing technologies. In this role, you will design, refine, and ship automation and computer use APIs across various platforms. You will harden and optimize UI inspection and interaction code, eliminate flakiness, and define standards for agentic testing tools. The position requires proficiency in native platform languages including Swift, Objective-C, and C++. You must possess experience in profiling, debugging, and optimizing native code, as well as shipping APIs with strong compatibility guarantees. The work focuses on solving the unique challenges of shipping diverse products at scale by creating next generation agentic testing tools for developers.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.

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Skills

Swift Objective-C C++ IPC UI Automation Concurrency Multi-process Debugging Profiling Debugging Agentic Testing

What you'll do

Design, refine, and ship automation and computer use APIs across Apple's platforms.
Harden and optimize UI inspection and interaction code to eliminate flakiness.
Optimize IPC code to improve performance and reliability.
Define technical standards for exceptional agentic testing tools.
Create next-generation agentic testing tools in partnership with internal teams.
Profile, debug, and optimize native code for performance-sensitive software.
Ship and evolve APIs while maintaining strong compatibility guarantees.

What we're looking for

5+ years of professional experience building frameworks, systems, or other performance-sensitive software.
Experience with native platform languages such as Swift, Objective-C, or C++.
Experience with profiling, debugging, and optimizing native code.
Experience with shipping and evolving APIs with strong compatibility guarantees.
B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
Experience implementing native testing or UI frameworks (preferred).
Experience with agentic development or evaluating agentic tools/workflows (preferred).
Experience with concurrency, IPC, or multi-process debugging (preferred).

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