Software Engineer, UI Rendering, Performance & Power

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Cupertino, CA
Salary: $150,400–$277,600 / yr
Posted: 58 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 · Software Engineer, UI Rendering, Performance & Power

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JOB TITLE: Software Engineer - UI Rendering, Performance & Power The Software Engineer - UI Rendering, Performance & Power joins the Compositing, Color, and Display Software organization to develop the graphics software foundation for various products. You will contribute to core graphics initiatives by implementing and optimizing features within the CoreAnimation rendering pipeline and Metal command generation. Your daily work involves collaborating with UI Frameworks, System Experience, and GPU Hardware teams to bring new UI materials like blur and Liquid Glass effects to life. You will use C/C++, Metal, Vulkan, or DirectX to improve performance, reduce rendering latency, and optimize battery efficiency across CPU and GPU pipelines. This role solves complex graphics challenges, ensuring visual fidelity and correctness across diverse hardware configurations, including mobile, wearable, spatial computing, and desktop platforms.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214500 from 1193 postings across 76 companies.

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Skills

C++ Metal Vulkan DirectX CoreAnimation Swift Objective-C GPU Programming Real-time Rendering Computer Graphics MSL GLSL HLSL Shader Programming Color Management HDR Multi-threaded Rendering Agentic Coding

What you'll do

Implement and optimize UI rendering features within the CoreAnimation rendering pipeline.
Generate and optimize Metal commands to improve pipeline performance across Apple platforms.
Develop rendering support for new UI materials like blur and Liquid Glass effects.
Profile and optimize rendering performance to minimize latency and improve battery efficiency.
Diagnose and fix glitches, flickering, and visual corruptions in multi-layered rendering contexts.
Maintain high visual fidelity and correctness across diverse hardware configurations.
Utilize agentic coding workflows and modern engineering practices to accelerate development.

What we're looking for

3+ years of experience in software development.
2+ years of experience with real-time rendering and computer graphics.
Experience delivering graphics or rendering features in production software.
Strong expertise in C/C++ programming and GPU-accelerated rendering pipelines.
Hands-on experience with modern graphics APIs (Metal, Vulkan, or DirectX) and low-level rendering optimization.
Foundational understanding of Operating Systems, Computer Architecture, and CPU/GPU programming including memory subsystems.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
Familiarity with tile-based deferred rendering (TBDR) GPU architectures and advanced graphics programming (preferred).