Apple · 6 hours ago
AR/VR Software Development Engineer
Cupertino, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
$181K/yr - $272K/yr
1+ years expApple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their lives best work. The AR/VR Software Development Engineer will lead the development and integration of various Apple features into operating systems and product lines, collaborating with design and engineering stakeholders to create innovative user experiences.
AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)BroadcastingDigital EntertainmentFoundational AIMedia and EntertainmentMobile DevicesOperating SystemsTVWearables
Responsibilities
Lead development and integration of various Apple features including AirDrop, Share Sheet, Quick Look and SharePlay into operating systems and product lines
Develop and integrate infrastructures working with both design and other engineering stakeholders to deliver the desired experience
Develop novel user experiences in collaboration with Apple's Human Interface design team
Debug and resolve software issues related to new features for the new device and OS platform
Establish mechanisms to dynamically render sensitive vector text and UI to match various rendering configurations in a different secure process for clients across the operating system
Leverage knowledge of vectorized text rendering and out of process UI rendering to create infrastructure to render sensitive user information securely and correctly across various rendering configurations
Develop infrastructure to enable real time syncing capabilities
Improve performance by streaming and rendering intermediate stroke data for connected sessions
Apply knowledge of distributed networking and peer-to-peer data synchronization to features to develop collaborative real time viewing and editing of images, spatial videos, 2D videos and 3D models (USDZ and Reality File formats)
Build mitigations to compensate for network lag and stress to improve network synced data for connected 3D model experiences to maximize animation quality and frame rate in poor network conditions
Build public and private APIs to allow 1st and 3rd party clients to leverage model syncing features
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field and 1 year of experience in the job offered or related occupation
Utilizing Swift and Objective-C to work on multi-language codebases to prototype and develop augmented reality software
Developing infrastructure and integrating core system frameworks and components to implement sharing and real-time collaboration features
Debugging software using an interactive debugger including Xcode to triage, identify root cause, and resolve software issues related to new and existing features for the OS
Working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to translate design requirements into functional specifications to develop features for upcoming software releases
Collaborating with design team to establish user interactions within augmented reality and communicate technical feasibility of feature ideas with our key partners
Providing guidance to team members on code changes they are making through engineering discussions and code reviews
Building software testing plan to ensure software is shipped at high quality in collaboration with QA teams
Testing software functionality by creating unit tests and tools that extensively cover features quality and validate end-to-end workflows
Benefits
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
Retirement benefits
A range of discounted products and free services
Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
Relocation
Company
Apple
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10001+ employees
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Funding
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Leadership Team
Tim Cook
CEO
Craig Federighi
SVP, Software Engineering
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