Apple

Software Engineer - UI Rendering, Performance & Power

Apple$145K — $175K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years software development experience
  • 2+ years in real-time rendering and computer graphics
  • Proven track record delivering graphics features in production
  • Strong C/C++ programming skills and GPU rendering knowledge
  • Experience with modern graphics APIs like Metal or Vulkan
  • Foundational knowledge in Operating Systems and CPU/GPU programming
  • Advanced debugging skills in multi-layered systems
  • Experience with AI-assisted workflows in software engineering
  • Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related field

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to core graphics and rendering initiatives
  • Implement and optimize features within CoreAnimation
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams for UI animations
  • Enhance performance to reduce rendering latency
  • Optimize battery efficiency across hardware configurations
  • Eliminate visual corruptions in diverse hardware setups

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with diverse teams
  • Opportunities to work across Apple's product ecosystem
  • Exposure to cutting-edge graphics technologies
  • Focus on performance improvement and optimization
  • Engagement in innovative, user-centered design projects
Full Job Description
Description

We are looking for an exceptional Software Engineer with real-time graphics rendering expertise. In this role, you will contribute to core graphics and rendering initiatives, implementing and optimizing features within the CoreAnimation rendering pipeline, Metal command generation, and low-level compositing architectures powering visual experiences across Apple's product ecosystem-from Apple Watch, Home, and Apple TV devices to iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision platforms.

At the intersection of design, frameworks, and low-level platform systems, you will collaborate closely with UI Frameworks, System Experience, Human Interface (HI) Design, and GPU/Hardware teams to bring new UI materials (such as blur and glass effects), system animations, and platform experiences to life. You will contribute to performance improvements that reduce rendering latency across CPU and GPU pipelines, optimize battery efficiency, and eliminate visual corruptions across diverse hardware configurations.

Minimum Qualifications

* 3+ years of experience in software development

* 2+ years of experience with real-time rendering and computer graphics

* Experience delivering graphics or rendering features in production software.

* Strong expertise in C/C++ programming, and GPU-accelerated rendering pipelines.

* Hands-on experience with modern graphics APIs (Metal, Vulkan, or DirectX) and low-level rendering optimization.

* Foundational understanding of Operating Systems, Computer Architecture, and CPU/GPU programming including memory subsystems

* Strong debugging and triaging skills for complex, multi-layered systems issues

* Excellent collaboration skills with cross-functional teams on complex software projects

* Demonstrated expertise in graphics performance analysis, profiling, and optimization across CPU/GPU boundaries.

* Practical experience incorporating modern AI-assisted workflows and agentic coding tools into software engineering practices.

* Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

* Familiarity with tile-based deferred rendering (TBDR) GPU architectures and advanced graphics programming

* Experience with low-level Metal/Vulkan/D3D12 command generation, multi-threaded rendering architectures, or CPU/GPU synchronization models.

* Experience with client/server or multi-process graphics architectures

* Experience working on consumer graphics products

* Experience with automated testing frameworks for graphics rendering

* Knowledge of or interest in CoreAnimation, layer-based compositing systems, scene graph architectures, or multi-process graphics engines.

* Experience delivering graphics and UI rendering capabilities across diverse hardware constraints (mobile, wearable, spatial computing, home/embedded, desktop).

* Knowledge of color management, HDR presentation, wide color gamut workflows, or shader programming (MSL/GLSL/HLSL).

* Familiarity with iOS, macOS, watchOS, or visionOS software development in Swift or Objective-C.

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.

Apple Careers

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Size
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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