Senior Performance Engineer, Apple Services Engineering

Name: RiseMe
Availability: InStock

Seattle, WAOnsiteFull TimeSeniorPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

Is this role right for you?

Upload your resume and get a skill-by-skill breakdown — see exactly where you match, where you're close, and what to highlight. Not a mystery percentage.

Get a tailored resume highlighting what this role needs.

Required skills

Performance Engineering
Tech Lead
Architect
CPU optimization
Memory optimization
Latency optimization
OS performance
Application performance
Profiling tools
Statistics tools

Nice to have

Audio/Video playback
Learn new technologies
Prototype
Software designs
Influence cross-functional teams
Communication skills

Role summary

Apple Services Engineering is seeking a Senior Performance Engineer to ensure the fluid and responsive performance of Media products and services. This role involves collaborating with engineers across Apple to define performance metrics, set targets, identify optimization opportunities, and establish quality guardrails. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in optimizing for CPU, memory, and latency, a deep understanding of OS and application performance best practices, and proficiency with performance measurement and analysis tools. A background as a Tech Lead or Architect driving cross-organizational performance programs is also required.

It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that supports the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. Apple Services Engineering (ASE) builds and operates fast growing services such as Music, TV, App Store and others. Imagine leading the effort to define fast response times for a new service or application Apple will ship next year.

Description

Apple values craftsmanship and Performance is a key ingredient. Come join us at Apple Services Engineering and help us deliver services and applications that are fluid and responsive. You will be responsible for the end-user perceived performance of one or more Media products/services. You will collaborate with engineers from across Apple to define the metrics, set targets, uncover optimization opportunities, define quality guardrails, and ship a product/service that will delight our customers. This role is for engineers who enjoy deep technical engineering that spans large cross-organizational projects.

Minimum Qualifications

2+ years as a Tech Lead or Architect driving cross-organizational Performance programs 7+ years of industry experience optimizing for CPU, Memory and Latency issues 7+ years of industry experience of understanding of OS and Application performance best practices (iOS, macOS, Linux | Java, Swift, Web) 7+ years of industry experience using profiling/statistics/visualization tools relevant to performance measurement and analysis Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

Aptitude to independently learn new technologies, prototype, and propose new software designs and solutions Ability to influence and shepherd cross-functional teams to achieve shared goals Excellent spoken and written communication skills Self-motivated and able to work independently. Experience with audio/video playback is desired but not mandatory

Sample Apple interview questions

1
Design a typeahead box for a search engine
system designmedium
2
Design a rate limiter
system designmedium
3
Architect a key-value store for distributed systems.
system designmedium
4
Design a system to schedule jobs in a distributed environment
system designmedium
5
What is an API and how does it work?
technicalmedium

Get started to unlock a personalized interview prep pack for this role.

Ready to apply?

You'll be redirected to Apple's application page.