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Software Engineer, App Store
AppleCupertino, California, United States$184,700 - $277,600
Apply Apple Services Engineering is one of the most exciting examples of Apple's long-held passion for
combining the liberal arts and technology. We are the people who power Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple
Podcasts, Apple Books, and the App Store. Our products operate at massive scale, delivering a huge
variety of entertainment to customers in more than 150 countries and over 35 languages, and meeting
Apple's high expectations for performance and quality at every step.
Our engineers build secure, end-to-end solutions: the custom software that processes creative work,
the tools our providers use to deliver media, the server-side systems, and the APIs behind many Apple
services. We use those systems to build delightful, easy-to-use customer experiences, increasingly
enhanced by AI and generative AI. Thanks to Apple's unique integration of hardware, software, and
services, engineers here get behind a single unified vision, one that always includes a deep
commitment to privacy, a core Apple value.
Although Services is a bigger part of Apple's business than ever, these teams remain small, nimble,
and cross-functional, which means greater visibility and a wider array of opportunities than you might
expect. If you care about the details that make an interface feel effortless, you will find a lot to love
here.
As a Frontend Engineer on Apple Services Engineering, you will build the next generation of customer-
facing user experiences for some of the world's most widely used subscription services. You will work
day to day in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and TypeScript alongside modern component frameworks and
build tooling, partnering closely with design, product, and backend engineers to ship interfaces that are
fast, accessible, and beautiful at global scale.
This is a hands-on engineering role where craft matters. The surfaces you build are seen by hundreds
of millions of people, so attention to detail, a high bar for quality, and a genuine investment in
performance and accessibility are essential. You will also have the opportunity to help surface AI-
powered and generative AI capabilities in consumer-facing interfaces, translating complex model
behavior into experiences that feel simple and intuitive.
We are looking for someone who is self-motivated and drives their commitments to completion, who
collaborates generously, and who enjoys mentoring as much as being mentored. If you like solving
hard problems and sweating the small stuff, this role is for you.
- Build and ship customer-facing web interfaces for Apple's subscription services using HTML, CSS,
- JavaScript, and TypeScript.
- Develop reusable UI components and shared frontend libraries that scale across multiple products,
- surfaces, and localized markets.
- Partner with design, product, and backend engineers to turn concepts into production experiences,
- and to shape technical direction early rather than after the fact.
- Optimize performance across load time, rendering, and runtime behavior, and measure the impact of
- your changes rather than assuming it.
- Champion accessibility and internationalization as product requirements, ensuring experiences work
- for every customer across 150+ countries and 35+ languages.
- Write and maintain automated tests at the unit, integration, and end-to-end levels, and help strengthen
- the team's testing and CI practices.
- Participate in code review, giving and receiving direct, constructive feedback that raises the quality bar
- for the whole team.
- Integrate AI and generative AI capabilities into consumer-facing interfaces, translating model outputs
- into clear, trustworthy user experiences.
- Lead the technical design of significant frontend features, driving alignment across teams and
- navigating ambiguity to a clear plan.
- Experience building complex, large-scale production applications with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Proficiency in at least one modern JavaScript or TypeScript component framework, such as Svelte,
- React, Vue, or equivalent.
- Experience writing maintainable CSS at scale, including preprocessors or modern CSS tooling (Sass,
- LESS, CSS modules, or equivalent).
- Working knowledge of the modern frontend toolchain, including Node.js, package management,
- module bundlers such as Vite or Webpack, continuous integration, and HTTP networking
- fundamentals.
- Experience writing automated tests for frontend code using frameworks such as Vitest, Jest,
- Playwright, or Cypress.
- Demonstrated craft and a high quality bar, with strong attention to detail in shipped user interfaces.
- Depth in web performance and accessibility, including profiling, measurement, and WCAG-aligned
- practices in large-scale applications.
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills spanning build tooling, network behavior, and the browser
- runtime.
- Experience with Svelte, and with building or maintaining shared component libraries and design
- systems.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with a track record of partnering across design,
- product, and backend, and of both mentoring and being mentored.
- Self-motivated ownership, with a history of driving commitments to completion and surfacing risks
- early.
- Familiarity with AI and ML concepts, and experience integrating AI-driven or generative AI features into
- web interfaces.