Screening & Integration Engineer, Watch Software, Sensing & Connectivity
Apple· Software and Services
Cupertino, California, San Diego, California$144.6k - $263.8kFull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Screening, Integration & AI Tools Engineer to screen and prioritize incoming bugs, integrate complex software changes into watchOS, and develop AI and automation tools that scale the team's impact for the Apple Watch Intelligent System Experience team.
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 (for example, with the Claude Agent SDK, OpenAI Agents SDK, or MCP servers), 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 managementContinuous integration and test automationAI and LLM toolingProgramming languagesMac/Linux command line
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
- retirement benefits
- discounted products and free services
- reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
- discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation eligibility
- Apple shareholder opportunities through discretionary employee stock programs
- employee stock purchase plan
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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