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API Review & Design Engineer

San Diego,California,United States

Software and Services

Our small, unique team in Apple’s Software Engineering division is chartered to help framework teams throughout the company ensure the Apple developer experience is just as carefully crafted as Apple's end-user hardware and software products. We’re looking for someone who’s passionate about software design and excited to play a key role in organizing multi-functional projects. As a member of our team, you’ll have a unique opportunity to help shape the technologies that inspire developers around the world and empower them to realize their dreams.

Key Qualifications

• 5-10 years experience working in software development in Swift or Objective-C

• A strong understanding of software architecture and API design

• Strong written and presentation skills — able to communicate effectively with engineers and senior leaders.

• Proven ability to ramp up quickly on new technologies

• Self-driven with the ability to work autonomously

Description

Our team provides API design guidance, consulting and outreach to framework engineering teams to support the development of consistent, complete, and intuitive APIs. We establish and maintain API guidelines for our OSes, and review the design of software programming interfaces to ensure comprehensive access to platform functionality is available through Apple's SDKs. The team also reviews the needs of Apple applications to identify missing functionality in the SDKs, and recommends and tracks API additions to fill identified gaps. As a member of the team, you’ll help us refine and execute this mission. This role is in a small team with a broad reach, and you’ll have an opportunity to specialize into responsibilities best suited to your strengths, including a combination of the following: REVIEW PROCESS COORDINATION - Validating proposals, estimating requirements, and tracking progress - Facilitating discussions to ensure productive feedback and timely completion - Defining and analyzing metrics to judge the health and impact of the review process - Improving tools and automation to support API Review goals API DESIGN CONSULTING - Helping framework teams transform plans and implementations into developer-focused API architecture - Evaluating proposals and providing concrete feedback on ergonomics, consistency with guidelines and precedents, and interaction with other parts of the developer experience - Assessing API coverage and completeness and identifying areas where additional interfaces are needed - Identifying salient points from API Review discussions and new SDK releases to expand and improve on published API Guidelines - Working with other Apple teams to integrate with organizational goals

Education & Experience

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Additional Requirements

Pay & Benefits

• At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $131,500.00 and $243,300.00, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.Learn more (https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html) about Apple Benefits.Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

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