API Review & Design Engineer

Our team provides API design guidance, consulting, and outreach to framework engineering teams to support the development of consistent, complete, and intuitive APIs. We establish and maintain API guidelines for our operating systems and review the design of software programming interfaces to ensure comprehensive access to platform functionality is available through Apple's SDKs.

• Advising framework teams to help transform feature plans and underlying technologies into well-architected, developer-focused APIs
• Evaluating proposals and providing concrete feedback on ergonomics, consistency with guidelines and precedents, and interaction with other parts of the developer experience
• Evangelizing and teaching new Swift features and framework-development guidelines to Apple engineering teams
• Assessing API coverage and completeness and identifying areas where additional interfaces are needed
• Identifying salient points from API Review discussions and new SDK releases to expand and improve on published API Guidelines
• Working with other Apple teams to integrate organizational goals
• Participating in the stewardship and evolution of Apple's software quality efforts and processes

• 5-10 years experience working in software development in Swift or Objective-C
• Strong understanding of software architecture and API design
• Strong written and presentation skills — able to communicate effectively with engineers and senior leaders
• Proven ability to ramp up quickly on new technologies

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Retirement benefits
• Range of discounted products and free services
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses
• Discretionary restricted stock unit awards
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
• Relocation assistance

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.