Apple

Xcode Source Editor Engineer

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

Qualifications

  • 3 years experience in desktop or mobile application development
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent in computer science or related field
  • Proven track record of creating polished user experiences
  • Strong critical and creative thinking skills
  • Ability to solve problems simply or differently
  • Familiarity with Swift and Apple SDKs
  • Deep understanding of user experience design, performance optimization, API design, and developer tools engineering

Responsibilities

  • Build and design features related to source-code in Xcode
  • Refine and improve core functionalities for better stability and performance
  • Continuously seek improvements for existing solutions
  • Collaborate cross-functionally within Apple to drive architecture
  • Enhance the development environment by building essential features
  • Contribute to growth and enhancement of new functionalities

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on a well-known developer tool
  • Collaborate with top engineers across various Apple teams
  • Contribute directly to the core of Apple's Developer Ecosystem
  • Engage in continuous learning and refinement of engineering skills
  • Work on impactful features used by millions of developers
Full Job Description
We're looking for an engineer to help build the Xcode IDE, a cornerstone of the Apple Developer Ecosystem. Millions of application developers use Xcode to deliver on their ambitions, and countless organizations use Xcode to transform ideas into launched applications.\n\nOur team delivers Xcode's Source Editor, a central part of every developer's experience. We're looking for engineers with a passion for building the tools that other developers use every day to ship their own Apps and other software.

As an engineer on the Xcode Source Editor team, you'll build, design, and refine source-code related features in Xcode. You will improve core pieces of functionality, improve stability and performance, and assist feature growth. An important part of your job will be to seek continuous refinement and improvement of existing solutions, there are always opportunities to apply polish and tighten robustness. You will work cross-functionally within Apple to shape and drive architecture. At Apple, you'll work with the engineers who create our frameworks, languages, compilers, and operating systems, bringing an incredible amount of knowledge, transparency, and context to the features you'll build. In developer tools, you'll have the unique opportunity to directly improve your development environment by building features for the tools you'll use every day.

3 years experience developing desktop or mobile applications Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science or a related field A track record of building thoughtful, polished user experiences A demonstrated ability to think critically and creatively Instincts for clear problem solving and an ability to discern when a simpler or different approach is needed

Familiarity with Swift and Apple's platforms and SDKs Strong depth of understanding in one or more of: User Experience design and engineering, Performance optimization, API and standards design, compilers and lower-level runtime features, developer tools engineering

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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Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
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Revenue
$294.1 billion
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