Apple

iOS Engineer: Cloud Media and Collaboration

Apple$130K — $155K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience shipping production code on Apple platforms (iOS/macOS)
  • Advanced proficiency in Swift with a focus on performance-critical systems
  • Expertise in cloud syncing architectures and media management technologies
  • Proven experience as a technical lead with cross-team coordination skills
  • Strong understanding of concurrency patterns and multi-threaded programming
  • Solid foundation in computer science concepts like data structures and algorithms
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end architecture for cloud syncing and media management features
  • Write performant, multi-threaded Swift code for large install bases
  • Collaborate with designers, QA engineers, and cross-functional teams
  • Bridge technical expertise with clear communication to influence product direction
  • Mentor and raise the technical bar for fellow engineers
  • Compound expertise in CloudKit, AVKit, and on-device storage

Benefits

  • Mentorship and architectural leadership opportunities
  • Engagement with innovative projects impacting a large user base
  • Chance to influence product direction and technical decisions
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams and experts in the field
  • Development of new skills in cloud technologies and media management
Full Job Description
You9ll own end-to-end architecture for cloud syncing and media management features, writing performant, multi-threaded Swift code that ships to a massive install base and holds up under real creative workloads. Your collaborators will be HI designers, QA engineers, and cross-functional teams who expect you to bridge deep technical judgment with clear communication - influencing product direction, not just implementation. Every week, you9ll compound your expertise in CloudKit, AVKit, and on-device storage while raising the technical bar for engineers around you through mentorship and architectural leadership.

Minimum Qualifications

3+ years shipping production code on Apple platforms (iOS and/or macOS) with a track record of reliability and scale

Advanced Swift proficiency: demonstrated through shipped frameworks, performance-critical systems, or large codebases

Deep expertise in cloud syncing architectures and media management technologies, applied to real consumer or professional products

Proven technical lead experience: owning scoping, cross-team coordination, and stakeholder communication on multi-quarter features

Strong command of concurrency patterns and multi-threaded programming, with measurable outcomes in correctness and throughput

Solid computer science foundations: data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design applied at production scale

Bachelor9s degree in Computer Science or equivalent engineering experience

Preferred Qualifications

Hands-on experience building and shipping CloudKit-backed features, including sync conflict Designed and maintained developer-facing APIs or reusable frameworks adopted across multiple teams or products

Built media encoding, decoding, or playback systems using AVFoundation or AVKit in shipping applications

Diagnosed and resolved systemic performance bottlenecks across memory, I/O, networking, or database layers with measurable before/after impact

Experience with relational data layers (SQLite, Core Data, or PostgreSQL) in the context of media metadata or large-scale asset management

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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154,000 employees
Market Cap
$2,074.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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