Screening & Integration Engineer, Watch Software

Cupertino, California, United States$144,600 - $218,000

Do you want to help deliver the next amazing Apple product? As a Screening & Integration Engineer on the Apple Watch Intelligent System Experience team, you’ll bring your keen observational and analytical skills, empathy for users, and passion for quality to an engineering team working to make the next version of watchOS amazingly great.

As a Screening & Integration Engineer on the Apple Watch Intelligent System Experience team, you will triage incoming bugs, analyze logs, and prioritize issues for key components of watchOS. You will be expected to use large language models and other AI tools to quickly and efficiently identify the most important bug reports filed by Apple employees and external developers, and identify root causes and regression points to speed up the bug fix lifecycle. You will drive our day-to-day process around bug and source code management in service of creating high-quality intelligent experiences and improvements for our customers and developers. We are looking for an enthusiastic, curious, and technically savvy teammate who can juggle a variety of tasks efficiently.

Triage incoming bugs, and provide insights on trends and capacity in the incoming bug queue
Maintain source code repositories, including branching for releases and tagging for submissions to the operating system build process
Create continuous integration and automated test pipelines, assess their results, and escalate regressions
Assist engineers with understanding the bug reporting system, the build system, and other development infrastructure
Develop innovative new approaches to scaling the craft of triaging bugs using artificial intelligence tools and other emerging technologies

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent professional experience
Familiarity with consumer-facing software development processes
Expertise with bug tracking systems
Experience with source control (git experience preferred)
Familiarity with Apple operating systems, especially watchOS and iOS
Experience with automated build, continuous integration, and test automation systems
Familiarity with large language models and adjacent generative AI tools, including skills, agents, and Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Practical experience with command line tools, UNIX, Linux, or Terminal
Experience with scripting languages, like Python, JavaScript, or shell scripting (zsh, bash)

Experience using Apple development tools (Xcode, Instruments)
Knowledge of Objective-C and Swift, and frameworks including SwiftUI
Experience debugging software issues
Experience with data analytics and understanding large data sets
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $144,600 and $218,000, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits

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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. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant

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