Core Audio Software Engineer

Summary Imagine what you could do at Apple! Everyday, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Do you bring passion and dedication to your job? If so, we are looking for individuals like you. The Apple Media Graphics & Compute (MGC) group is at the center of audio, video, and graphics in Apple’s innovative products, including the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, AirPods, HomePod, Apple TV and VisionPro.

Description MGC’s Audio team provides the audio foundation for various high profile features like Game Audio, Siri, FaceTime, media capture, playback and API’s for third party developers to enrich our platforms. The team is looking for talented engineers who are passionate about building audio features and products for millions of customers and care about overall user experience. You will revolutionize the audio experience for game and future audio technologies.

Responsibilities

You are a team-oriented professional with excellent interpersonal skills and are comfortable in a fast-paced environment. You will be responsible for continually improving the performance of the audio stack by conducting investigations using a variety of performance tools, proposing optimizations and improvements and also working with other multi-functional teams in an effort to realize higher levels of performance across the overall system. The ideal candidate has in-depth experience in systems-level programming and writing multi-threaded C++ code.

Minimum Qualifications 5+ years experience with software development Strong coding skills in C++ or SWIFT Experience with and understanding of real-time multithreaded programming systems Knowledge of memory and compute performance analysis and characterization Experience using various performance tracing, profiling and logging tools is highly desired

Preferred Qualifications Experience with audio technologies is a plus Experience leading or mentoring a team of resourceful engineers is a plus.

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 $150,400 and $277,600, 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 about Apple Benefits

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