Apple · 17 hours ago
Memory Tools Engineer
Cupertino, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$147K/yr - $272K/yr
3+ years expApple's Memory Tools team is looking for developers with a passion for memory and resource optimization to enhance, adapt, and innovate in creating tools for the next generation of software and hardware on Apple's platforms. The role involves working with Apple performance optimization engineers and frameworks teams to introspect memory usage across Apple's ecosystem, while also contributing to the development of profiling and optimization tools used by developers worldwide.
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Responsibilities
Innovate and improve the usefulness of Apple's core memory analysis tools
Acquire deep understanding virtual memory, heap, and runtime data structures on Apple platforms
Present your work to developers across Apple or in larger forums like WWDC
Help investigate the impact of upcoming technologies on Apple's platforms and operating systems
Apply graph theory and AI to solve real-world runtime analysis problems!
Qualification
Required
3+ years macOS or iOS development experience
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Expertise in C or C++, proficiency in Swift and/or Objective-C
Strong operating systems background, understanding allocators, virtual memory, and process lifecycle
Proven problem solving and debugging skills with lldb, gdb, or other interactive tools
Detail-oriented code review skills, reasoning through edge cases and security implications
Preferred
Problem solving and debugging skills with lldb, gdb, or other interactive tools
Experience using AI technologies to assist in authoring, reviewing, and debugging code
Skills in reverse engineering, exploit analysis, fuzzing, binary analysis tools helpful
Familiarity with macOS internals, mach APIs, sandboxing, and other security subsystems
History of designing, implementing, or improving development tools
Experience in computer science or a related field commensurate with a 4-year degree
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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