Apple

Swift Compiler Engineer

Apple$130K — $180K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strong ability in technical communication through writing.
  • Curiosity about programming mental models and internal workings of code.
  • Experience in software design and programming with statically-typed languages like C++ or Swift.
  • Familiarity with algorithms and data structures is essential.
  • Motivated to investigate and learn new concepts and skills.
  • Open to receiving constructive feedback and mentorship.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with team members through discussions and online platforms.
  • Engage with open source contributors via pull requests and community forums.
  • Design and implement new language features and tooling enhancements.
  • Document and iterate on design decisions following the Swift evolution process.
  • Seek and incorporate feedback to improve the Swift programming experience.
  • Manage testing, integration, and adoption of new changes in the development ecosystem.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to influence design decisions in a renowned programming language.
  • Collaborative team environment fostering open source contributions.
  • Exposure to a variety of programming paradigms and community outreach efforts.
  • Opportunity for personal and professional growth in a fast-paced setting.
Full Job Description
The Swift Compiler Team at Apple is a unique opportunity to evolve the Swift programming language and related developer tools that shape the experience of writing Swift code. We are looking for a software engineer passionate about programming languages and developer experience. We are a fast paced and collaborative group working to improve and expand the Swift language and the compiler technology that provides Swift language support to IDEs and editors.

You will have experience with some of the skills below. Nobody is expected to have experience with all of these, but we are looking for someone with a strong desire to learn what you don't know.

Description

The Swift Compiler Team is looking for an engineer to collaboratively design and implement new language features, improve type checking performance, and enhance the Swift developer experience through diagnostics and other compiler-driven tools. Drawing from your own experience writing code, internalizing a programming model, and working with developer tools, you will bring diverse perspectives and a desire to help solve the problems you've encountered in your own development work.

This position requires a highly creative and self-motivated individual, capable of communicating with and giving feedback to others in a range of roles across software engineering at Apple, the open source Swift community, and beyond. You will have the opportunity to affect design decisions not only on the Swift programming language and its developer-facing tools, but also general programming patterns, applications of Swift, and community building/outreach across the Swift ecosystem. Iteration and innovation are key to this role. You should relish change, and be prepared to question commonly established practices, with the desire to create the best possible experience to enrich the lives of programmers, both current and future.

As a Swift compiler engineer, you will:

* Collaborate with teammates through in-person conversations, pull requests, and other online discussions.

* Collaborate with open source contributors through pull requests and the Swift Forums.

* Design and implement new language features and tooling improvements, documenting and iterating on your design decisions through the Swift evolution process.

* Welcome constructive feedback on your changes from Swift programmers, and iteratively improve the experience of writing Swift.

* Drive the testing, integration, and adoption of your changes into the development ecosystem.

Minimum Qualifications

Demonstrated ability to communicate through technical writing.

Curiosity for understanding a programming mental model and how code works "under the hood".

Experience with software design and programming in a statically-typed language such as (but not limited to) C++ or Swift.

Familiarity with algorithms and data structures.

Ability and motivation to investigate and learn what you don't know.

Receptiveness to constructive feedback and mentorship.

Preferred Qualifications

Swift development experience is a plus, but not required.

Prior experience working on compilers or developer tools is a plus, but not required.

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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