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Senior iOS Engineer - Creativity Apps

Apple· Software and Services
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Berlin, Germanyfull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Senior Software Engineer role on Apple’s Creativity Apps team, focusing on architectural design, implementation, and evolution of core features for next-generation creative applications. Work across graphics, systems, media, and ML to deliver high-performance, on-device experiences for professional and enthusiast creators. Collaborate across design, product, ML research, and engineering teams to ship features end-to-end and shape the future of creative tools on Apple platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Product-Minded Feature Ownership: owning features end to end from rough idea to shipped experience
  • Architectural Leadership: defining and evolving technical architecture for complex imaging workflows
  • Machine Learning Integration: bringing on-device ML capabilities into pipelines with attention to accuracy, latency, and memory trade-offs
  • Performance & Efficiency Optimization: optimizing performance, resources, and responsiveness for demanding workflows
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: partnering with design, product, domain experts, ML researchers, and other engineering teams
  • Working Effectively with AI Tools: utilizing modern AI developer tools to prototype, test, and review changes
  • Technical Mentorship & Growth: guiding and mentoring engineers and contributing to team culture

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of professional experience building and shipping production software
  • Mastery of software architecture patterns, data structures, and algorithms in high-performance contexts
  • Deep proficiency in at least one modern systems or application language (Swift, C++, Rust, Objective-C, Kotlin, Java, or similar) with rapid learning aptitude for new platforms/languages
  • Strong product sense with history of shipping features where user experience is owned
  • Track record of effective cross-functional collaboration with design, product, and partner engineering teams
  • Experience with Apple’s core frameworks — UIKit, SwiftUI, Core Animation, AVFoundation, Core Image, and Metal (or equivalent on other platforms)
  • Experience integrating machine learning into shipping products — on-device inference, model performance/memory trade-offs, or products around probabilistic output
  • Fluency with AI-assisted development tools and ability to guide team usage
  • Extensive experience identifying/resolving performance bottlenecks in client apps (UI, memory, power, real-time processing)
  • Experience developing applications involving complex media manipulation, rendering, or content creation workflows for professionals or enthusiasts
  • Demonstrated ability to technically lead projects, mentor engineers, and drive cross-functional initiatives in fast-paced environments

Skills

Required:Software architectureSwift
Nice to have:C++On-device ML
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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