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Photos Backend Systems Engineer
AWM-3344-Photos Backend Systems Engineer
12/17/2025
12/21/2025
Negotiable
Permanent

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www.apple.com
San Diego, CA, 92108, USA
San Diego
California
United States
92108

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Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200626429-3543

Summary

The Photos Backend team is responsible for building innovative on-device and cloud services to improve the user’s photo and video experiences. We shape the next generation of media for Apple and contribute to a product that is redefining the Camera and Photos experience for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Watch.

Description

Do you want to shape the future of Photos? Are you looking to contribute to a product that is redefining digital photography? The Photos Infrastructure team is looking for an exceptional software engineer to develop innovative applications and infrastructure for Apple platforms. In this position you will be involved in features that encompass: video & image processing, database programming, performance profiling, concurrent multi-process architectures, privacy & security initiatives, and managing network based assets.

You will be joining a highly cross functional team that partners closely with many teams across Apple. Within a release there's a close collaboration with teams ranging from: Photos UI, Camera Foundation, CoreOS, AVFoundation & ImageIO, Privacy & Security, Internet Technologies, System Intelligence & Machine Learning, and iCloud. Amongst our most important partners are third party developers who provide great customer experiences by accessing our on-device services through the PhotoKit API.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent degree with at least 3 years of relevant experience

  • Strong foundation in computer science fundamentals

  • Demonstrable experience with at least one of: C/C++ programming, Assembly language, Operating systems development, Compiler work, Inter-process communication (IPC), or Media transformations

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience developing and testing embedded systems with an understanding of resource constrained environments

  • Experience building APIs or software frameworks

  • Database design and query optimization with any relational database experience (SQLite, PostgreSQL, SQL, Core Data)

  • Experience with performance tuning in any area (Memory, I/O, scheduling, network protocols)

  • Experience with digital media processing, including image/video manipulation, format conversion, or media pipeline development

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) .

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