Senior Software Development Engineer - Device Telemetry Accuracy
Summary
Develops the on-device frameworks, daemons, and APIs that collect diagnostics and usage telemetry from Apple devices (iOS, Mac, Watch, TV, Vision), within the SWE Data Analytics team, with a focus on telemetry accuracy and strong test coverage. Core tech: C++, Objective-C, or Swift and OS-level embedded software.
How can we better understand the use of billions of Apple devices? What problems do our users experience, and how should we prioritize improvements? These are the questions we tackle daily in SWE Data Analytics.
We are looking for an experienced software engineer to drive on-device development of our data collection tools, daemons, and related SPIs and services. The ideal candidate will have experience developing embedded system software with exceptional test coverage.
SWE Data Analytics collects, stores, and analyzes diagnostics and usage data from Apple devices across the world, always keeping user privacy at the forefront. Our data is used to generate insights that inform and drive product strategies across all of software and hardware development. We develop and operate a variety of on device software and scale data products and applications in support of these goals. These systems process multiple petabytes and hundreds of billions of messages per day across many different data types.
We are looking for a software engineer to work on the frameworks, daemons and APIs responsible for data collection across all types of Apple device (iOS, Mac, Watch, TV, Vision, etc). Our code runs on all Apple devices worldwide and is the foundation for Apple Software Engineering’s OS and Application data collection
Minimum Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
- 3-5+ years experience designing and building OS level software with concomitant constraints and requirements.
- Expert knowledge of C++, Objective-C, or Swift and related development toolchain.
- Highly proficient with agentic development techniques
- Proven record of high quality software delivery through intelligent unit and integration test coverage.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with operating system internals, multi threading, and file handler operations.
- Excellent communication skills with ability to collaborate across technical teams.
- Creative problem solving and critical thinking.
