Senior Software Engineer, Video Applications

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Cupertino, CA
Salary: $184,700–$324,800 / yr
Posted: 143 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
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, Video Applications

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Senior Software Engineer — Video Applications (FX Plug API’s) joins the Motion team to support the developer ecosystem within the professional video creation suite. This role serves as a bridge between core engineering and third-party developers, focusing on designing, maintaining, and documenting robust FxPlug APIs that extend the capabilities of Final Cut Pro and Motion. The successful candidate will build new interfaces, resolve performance bottlenecks, write automated tests, and provide direct technical support to external developers. Key requirements include proficiency in Objective-C and Swift, deep experience with macOS development and Apple frameworks, and an advanced understanding of concurrency and cross-process communication. Additionally, the role requires expertise in motion graphics and image processing algorithms while managing complex, long-lived codebases to solve problems related to creating powerful new effects for professional video creation tools.

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Skills

Swift Objective-C macOS Apple Frameworks API Design Concurrency Cross-process Communication Motion Graphics Image Processing Algorithms

What you'll do

Design and implement robust, well-documented FxPlug APIs for third-party developers.
Maintain existing FxPlug APIs and their underlying implementations.
Diagnose and debug integration issues between third-party tools and Apple applications.
Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks within the FxPlug API implementations.
Write automated tests to exercise and validate FxPlug APIs.
Create and maintain technical documentation and sample code for the developer community.
Provide direct technical support and guidance to third-party developers.
Prioritize API improvements by balancing developer needs with Apple's internal roadmap.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
6+ years of professional software engineering experience focusing on application-level and framework development.
Experience designing and maintaining public APIs or SDKs for external developers.
3+ years of proficiency in Objective-C and/or Swift.
3+ years of deep experience with macOS development and Apple frameworks.
Advanced understanding of concurrency and cross-process communication.
Familiarity with motion graphics and image processing algorithms and their implementation.
Proven ability to write clear, maintainable code and communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.

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