Senior Software Engineer — Video Applications (FX Plug APIs)

Apple is where individual imaginations gather together committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build service we create or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each others ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world changing lives for the better. Its the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in we can do the best work of our lives. Here youll do more than join something youll add Video Applications team delivers an integrated suite of professional video creation applications including Final Cut Pro Motion and Compressor as part of Apple Creator Studio. We are seeking a strong Senior Software Engineer to empower our 3rd party development community by designing robust APIs that extend the capabilities of our applications and providing technical support to our 3rd party developers.n

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Motion team youll be the bridge between the core engineering team and our 3rd party developer ecosystem. Youll design and develop new FxPlug APIs that enable developers to create powerful new effects for Final Cut Pro and Motion as well as maintaining the existing FxPlug APIs. Youll own the developer experience end-to-endfrom API design to community is a hands-on role for someone who thrives on solving complex problems by creating clear and consistent developer-facing interfaces.

Design and implement robust well-documented FxPlug APIs that enable 3rd party developers to extend the capabilities of our applicationsnDiagnose and debug integration issues with our applications and the FxPlug APIsnIdentify and resolve performance bottlenecks in the implementation of the FxPlug APIsnMaintain existing FxPlug APIs and their automated tests to exercise the FxPlug APIsnWrite clean testable codenParticipate in code reviews both giving and receiving feedbacknCreate and maintain FxPlug API documentation and sample codenProvide technical support and guidance to 3rd party developers including communicating directly with them and helping them with troubleshooting nPrioritize FxPlug API improvements by balancing 3rd party developer needs as well as Apples own roadmapn

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering or equivalentn6 years of professional software engineering experience with a focus on application-level and framework developmentnExperience designing and maintaining public APIs or SDKs for external developersn3 years Proficiency in Objective-C and/or Swiftn3 years Deep experience with macOS development and Apple frameworksnAdvanced understanding of concurrency and cross-process communicationnProven ability to write clear maintainable code with excellent documentationnStrong communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiencesnExperience working on complex long-lived codebasesnFamiliarity with motion graphics and image processing algorithms and their implementation.n

Experience designing and implementing Swift APIsnStrong programming skills in Swift and Objective-CnHands-on experience with concurrency APIs and algorithms nExperience working in sandboxed or security-sensitive environmentsn