Senior Software Engineer — Video Applications (FX Plug API’s)

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Motion team, you’ll be the bridge between the core engineering team and our 3rd party developer ecosystem. You’ll design and develop new FxPlug APIs that enable developers to create powerful new effects for Final Cut Pro and Motion, as well as maintaining the existing FxPlug APIs. You'll own the developer experience end-to-end—from API design to community engagement. This is a hands-on role for someone who thrives on solving complex problems by creating clear and consistent developer-facing interfaces. Design and implement robust, well-documented FxPlug APIs that enable 3rd party developers to extend the capabilities of our applications Diagnose and debug integration issues with our applications and the FxPlug APIs Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in the implementation of the FxPlug APIs Maintain existing FxPlug APIs and their implementation. Write automated tests to exercise the FxPlug APIs Write clean, testable code Participate in code reviews, both giving and receiving feedback Create and maintain FxPlug API documentation and sample code Provide technical support and guidance to 3rd party developers, including communicating directly with them and helping them with troubleshooting Prioritize FxPlug API improvements by balancing 3rd party developer needs as well as Apple’s own roadmap Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent 6+ years of professional software engineering experience with a focus on application-level and framework development Experience designing and maintaining public APIs or SDKs for external developers 3+ years Proficiency in Objective-C and/or Swift 3+ years Deep experience with macOS development and Apple frameworks Advanced understanding of concurrency and cross-process communication Proven ability to write clear, maintainable code with excellent documentation Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences Experience working on complex, long-lived codebases Familiarity with motion graphics and image processing algorithms and their implementation. Experience designing and implementing Swift APIs Strong programming skills in Swift and Objective-C Hands-on experience with concurrency APIs and algorithms Experience working in sandboxed or security-sensitive environments

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