Senior iOS App Development Engineer - Services Special Project

Summary: At Apple, we build products and services that enrich the everyday lives of millions of people around the world. Our Services team is at the forefront of delivering intelligent, delightful experiences powered by Generative AI. We are looking for a senior iOS frameworks engineer to design and build the foundational on-device systems that power features across Apple's services ecosystem — from daemons and frameworks to cloud synchronization and metrics infrastructure.

Description: As a senior member of the Services engineering team, you will own critical on-device framework and daemon components that enable Generative AI experiences across Apple platforms. This role is focused on platform-level engineering ie: building the systems, services, and infrastructure that sit beneath the UI layer and power intelligent features at scale.

Key Responsibilities: Designing and implementing frameworks, daemons, and system services that form the backbone of Services experiences on Apple platforms Building efficient inter-process communication layers using XPC to enable secure, performant data exchange between system components Architecting and implementing CloudKit-based data synchronization to deliver seamless cross-device experiences Designing robust interfaces to REST endpoints and backend services, ensuring reliability and graceful degradation Building and maintaining metrics and telemetry frameworks to measure feature health, performance, and user engagement Driving architectural decisions across the team, participating in peer review of architecture, API design, and individual software changes Mentoring and supporting other engineers on the team, raising the bar for engineering quality and technical depth

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