Screening & Integration Engineer, Watch Software, Sensing & Connectivity
Apple· Software and Services
Hybrid (Cupertino, CA), Hybrid (San Diego, CA)$137.5k - $250.7kFull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Role focused on screening and prioritizing bugs, integrating complex software changes into watchOS, and building AI tools to scale the bug-fix process. Combines software engineering with AI/automation to improve triage, integration, and workflows for watchOS development.
Responsibilities
- Triage incoming bugs using logs, crash reports, and diagnostics to identify root causes and regression points, then route each issue to the right owner with a clear priority
- Track trends and capacity in the incoming bug queue, and flag emerging issues to engineering leadership
- Maintain source code repositories, including branching for releases and tagging changes to the watchOS build process
- Build and maintain continuous integration and automated test pipelines, review their results, and escalate regressions
- Design, build, and deploy AI-assisted tools and agentic workflows, using LLMs, skills, and MCP, that summarize and route bugs, find regressions, and reduce manual work
- Deliver high-quality tools, services, and dashboards that engineering teams depend on
- Evaluate the accuracy and impact of AI tools with metrics and feedback, and improve them based on the results
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- Familiarity with Apple operating systems, especially watchOS and iOS, and with consumer-facing software development processes
- Experience with bug tracking systems
- Experience with source control, preferably git, including branching, merging, and code review workflows
- Experience with automated build, continuous integration, and test automation systems
- Familiarity with at least one programming language, such as Python, Swift, or JavaScript, plus shell scripting
- Hands-on experience using LLMs and AI coding assistants in your own development work, and familiarity with agents, skills, and Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Practical experience with command line tools on macOS, UNIX, or Linux
- Experience building LLM-powered tools or agents (e.g., Claude/OpenAI MCP) including prompt design and evaluation
- Experience with Xcode, Instruments, Swift, SwiftUI, or Objective-C
- Experience debugging software issues
- Experience with data analytics and understanding large data sets
Skills
Required:Bug triage and root cause analysisSource control and release managementCI/CD and test automationAI tooling and LLM adoptionProgrammingCommand line and macOS/Linux tooling
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
- retirement benefits
- range of discounted products and free services
- reimbursement for certain educational expenses—including tuition
- discretionary bonuses or commission payments and relocation eligibility
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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