Apple

Software Performance Engineer, Vision Products Group

Apple$120K — $160K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • B.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • 2+ years in software development, system software, or performance engineering.
  • Proficient in C, C++, Python, or similar programming languages.
  • Solid understanding of computer architecture and operating systems.
  • Experienced in software performance tools including profiling and benchmarking.
  • Ability to learn new software technologies quickly.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills across teams.

Responsibilities

  • Optimize AR/VR system software for high-performance and low-latency.
  • Analyze performance metrics across rendering, GPU/graphics, runtime, OS, and hardware.
  • Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks within the entire software stack.
  • Employ deep performance investigation and systems optimization techniques.
  • Utilize AI-assisted tools to enhance software engineering efficiency.
  • Execute thorough performance profiling and analysis to ensure smooth frame rates.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to communicate technical findings.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AR/VR technology.
  • Engagement in a dynamic and innovative team environment.
  • Access to AI-assisted development tools.
  • Potential for skill development in performance engineering and optimization.
  • Work on projects that push the boundaries of spatial computing.
Full Job Description
This role focuses on optimizing AR/VR system software to deliver high-performance, low-latency, and visually buttery-smooth immersive experiences on custom hardware. You will analyze and improve performance across the full stack-including rendering, GPU/graphics, runtime, OS, and hardware-to ensure smooth frame rates, minimal motion-to-photon latency, and scalable real-time performance. The work combines deep performance investigation, systems optimization, and AI-assisted tooling to push the boundaries of spatial computing.

A minimum B.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. 2+ years of experience in software development, system software, performance engineering, or a related technical area. Experience programming in one or more languages such as C, C++, Python, or similar languages. Understanding of computer architecture, operating systems, memory hierarchy, concurrency, and software performance fundamentals. Experience analyzing software performance using profiling, tracing, benchmarking, and performance analysis tools. Ability to quickly learn new software stacks, technologies, and performance methodologies. Demonstrated ability to communicate technical findings clearly and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and willingness to adopt emerging AI technologies to improve engineering effectiveness.

Experience with macOS/iOS kernel, drivers, compilers, runtimes, or embedded systems. Experience analyzing and optimizing graphics, gaming, or real-time interactive application performance. Experience using GPU profiling and performance analysis tools to identify rendering bottlenecks, GPU stalls, memory inefficiencies, and synchronization issues. Experience optimizing frame time, frame rate, input latency, power efficiency, and thermal behavior for interactive applications. Understanding of AR/VR performance challenges, including motion-to-photon latency, frame stability, asynchronous processing, and maintaining a smooth immersive user experience. Familiarity with Computer Vision, Transformers, and LLM architectures. Knowledge of AI/ML fundamentals including model evaluation and deployment/inference.

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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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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