Early Career Software Engineer, Applied AI Applications

Summary
Do you want to help build some of the largest and most consequential enterprise and customer technology systems in the world? Join Apple’s Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) organization. IS&T is the engine behind everything Apple does for customers and for the people who build for them. It’s Apple’s central nervous system. Supporting 2.5 billion active Apple devices, processing billions of secure transactions, and keeping the technology that defines modern life running flawlessly, IS&T makes the impossible feel effortless.Do you love building solutions to handle global complexity and immense scale? Imagine what you could do here.

Business Operations, Employee Engagement, and Strategy is part of IS&T and shapes the strategy, operations, and culture of IS&T. The team oversees business planning, IS&T's partnership strategy across Apple, and the technology tools that support the organization's day-to-day operations. This team also leads IS&T's enterprise generative AI strategy and manages compliance across systems. Through its communications and employee programs, it champions the growth, inclusion, and development of everyone in IS&T and drives the standard for IS&T brand and product communications across Apple.

Description
As a Software Engineer on the Employee Engagement & Engineering (EEE) team, you will contribute to the development of native macOS, iOS, and iPadOS applications that Apple employees use every day. Working in Swift and SwiftUI, you will build features that are polished, accessible, and thoughtfully integrated with AI capabilities and platform services. You will grow your skills under the guidance of senior engineers while taking ownership of well-scoped tasks and delivering quality work.

This is an opportunity to build strong foundations in native Apple-platform development within a small, globally distributed team where your contributions are visible and your growth is supported. You will work across the full feature lifecycle — from implementation through testing and deployment — and develop a deep understanding of what makes an application feel great.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain native application features in Swift and SwiftUI for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS
• Implement UI components and interactions that meet Apple’s quality bar for accessibility, performance, and polish
• Integrate with platform services, system frameworks, and REST APIs to deliver connected experiences
• Write thorough unit and integration tests; contribute to the team’s culture of engineering quality
• Participate in code reviews — giving and receiving constructive feedback to improve code and grow as an engineer
• Investigate and resolve bugs; contribute to improving application reliability and user experience
• Collaborate with designers, product managers, and senior engineers to understand requirements and deliver features
• Document your work clearly — code comments, technical notes, and design decisions
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Proficiency in Swift with working knowledge of SwiftUI
• Understanding of iOS/macOS application architecture patterns (MVC, MVVM, or similar)
• Familiarity with Apple platform frameworks (UIKit or AppKit, Combine, or Swift Concurrency)
• Experience with version control (Git) and collaborative development workflows
• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience shipping production applications on the App Store or for enterprise distribution
• Familiarity with accessibility APIs and inclusive design practices
• Exposure to AI/ML integration in applications (Core ML, on-device inference, or LLM APIs)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing for Apple platforms
• Familiarity with RESTful API integration and data persistence patterns (SwiftData, Core Data)
  
  

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. Apple provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities and in accordance with local requirements. Apple is a drug-free workplace.

At Apple, we believe accessibility is a fundamental human right. You’ll find that idea reflected in everything here — in our culture, our benefits and our digital tools. By welcoming as many perspectives as possible, we help you build a career where you feel like you belong.

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Role Number: 200670450-3278