Apple

Systems Software Engineer - Performance & Agentic Tools

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

Qualifications

  • Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
  • Strong OS & systems fundamentals
  • Proficient in C/ObjC/Swift or similar languages
  • Prior development experience in Unix, Linux, macOS, or iOS
  • Aptitude for independently learning new technologies
  • Passion for product quality and attention to detail
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • CS degree or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

  • Leverage AI to enhance performance triage and analysis
  • Build automated workflows to connect diagnostic insights
  • Analyze performance metrics to improve software effectiveness
  • Collaborate with Apple engineers and developers for code performance insights
  • Provide automated solutions for performance investigations
  • Continuously learn about the full OS stack to inform software design

Benefits

  • Collaborative and innovative work environment
  • Opportunity to impact performance across multiple Apple platforms
  • Access to cutting-edge technology and tools
  • Chance to work with leading experts in the field
  • Professional development and growth opportunities
Full Job Description
The OS Performance Tools team is looking for a passionate and versatile engineer to help Apple engineers and 3rd party developers understand and improve the performance of code running on Apple's platforms (macOS, iOS, watchOS, tvOS, visionOS). The team builds software that Apple engineers and 3rd party developers use to understand & analyze performance of their code, enabling them to ship delightful experiences to Apple customers.

Description

This role will focus on leveraging AI to scale the team's work on performance triage and analysis. This will involve building agentic workflows to glean deeper insights from diagnostics and telemetry, connecting issues surfaced by different pipelines, and automating performance investigations. We are looking for someone who is excited to learn about the full OS stack and apply that knowledge to make our software - and the engineers who depend on them - dramatically more effective.

Minimum Qualifications

Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills

Strong OS & Systems fundamentals

Proficient in C/ObjC/Swift or similar language

Prior development experience in Unix, Linux, macOS, or iOS

Aptitude to independently learn new technologies, prototype and propose software design and solutions

Passion for product quality and attention to detail

Excellent spoken and written communication

CS degree or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

Experience building agentic workflows following industry best practices

Hands-on experience using AI to solve complex software engineering problems

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
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Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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