Job Details

OS Performance Tools

San Diego, California, United States

Software and Services

Summary

Posted: Aug 29, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200618522-3543

Are you a big-picture thinker who loves setting ambitious goals? Do you have a passion for understanding how each line of code affects all the others? In the Core Operating Systems group, you’ll be an essential part of our brand’s personality, ensuring the OS is inseparable from each device’s identity as a whole. That’s because this group is committed to building fully integrated operating systems that combine hardware, software, and apps into a single Apple experience. Your dedication to cross-disciplinary collaboration will help develop groundbreaking technologies, such as iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. By crafting these distinct, holistic user experiences, you’ll continue to uphold and advance the excellence people expect from Apple devices.

The OS Performance Tools team is looking for an engineer who is eager to learn about the inner workings of Apple platforms (macOS, iOS, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS) and apply that knowledge to make great tools for analyzing our systems. The team builds software that Apple engineers and 3rd party developers use to understand & analyze performance of their code, enabling them to ship delightful experiences to customers. A successful candidate will have strong experience with systems or app development, preferably on iOS or macOS, and a passion for solving challenging technical problems to ship high-quality software that will run on millions of devices.

Description

Our team builds software that runs across the Apple ecosystem — on macOS, iOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS — enabling teams, within Apple and beyond, to tackle challenging multi-functional systemic problems and ship delightful experiences to customers. You will be building next generation tools to inspect, analyze, and model all aspects of Apple's platforms, while delivering robust solutions in the areas of usability/UX, cross-platform compatibility, and devising techniques for efficient analysis and debugging of performance issues across the OS.

Minimum Qualifications

• • Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
• • Strong OS & Systems fundamentals
• • Proficient in C/ObjC/Swift or similar language

Preferred Qualifications

• • Prior development experience in Unix, Linux, macOS, or iOS
• • Aptitude to independently learn new technologies, prototype and propose software design and solutions
• • Passion for product quality and attention to detail
• • Excellent spoken and written communication
• • Creative, collaborative, & product focused mentality

Pay & Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $120,300 and $181,200, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.Learn more about Apple Benefits. (https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html)

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

Apple will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation.

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