Software Development Engineer

APPLE INC has the following available in Seattle, Washington. Lead design and development of software for the user experience for Siri on iOS and macOS. Manage design challenges, consult, code, create architecture, test, and lead cross-platform development for shared code. Consult with and influence the design team to develop enhancements to Siri’s invocation, presentation, dismissal, and user experience. Write high quality code, code review other team members code, develop and maintain coding standards, and implement developer process improvements. Write test automation for non-UI and UI code, unit tests, integration tests, and perform manual testing to validate functionality. Review and design system level integration between the operating system, sensors, and data using existing or new APIs and data structures. Lead cross functional decision-making to produce consistent and scalable architecture that supports a large user base globally. 40 hours/week. At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $171,600 - $258,100/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

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Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field and 3 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.
3 years of experience with each of the following skills is required:

Object-oriented programming touching a large multi-component codebase supporting multiple devices and versions.
Consumer software experience is needed to build intuitive, scalable features for a broad audience that has high expectations for usability and quality.
Software Architecture design and understanding is necessary to maintain and extend the complex codebase that has multiple components and interactions.
Unit and Integration Tests for high quality software testing to support durable quality of new features.
Using data visualization, including crafting dashboards, to identify and prioritize areas of concern in a large codebase that would be valuable to fix.
Shipping privacy-centered products and/or services that encrypt user data.
Creating accessibility-related features to help people with disabilities use apps and services on mobile phones.
Developing voice interfaces for Mobile Apps in Objective-C or Swift.

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