iOS Frameworks Engineer - HealthKit

Apple Inc.
Sunnyvale, United States of America
14 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Intermediate

Job location

Sunnyvale, United States of America

Tech stack

API
iOS
C++
Computer Programming
Databases
Software Debugging
Distributed Systems
Inter-Process Communication
Object-Oriented Software Development
Performance Tuning
SQL Databases
Multithreading
Data Storage Technologies
iOS
Swift
Information Technology
Api Design
Objective C++
Programming Languages

Job description

"I believe, if you zoom out into the future, and you look back, and you ask the question, 'What was Apple's greatest contribution to mankind?' it will be about health." -Tim Cook, 2019., As a member of the team, you'll have the opportunity to work cross-functionally to expand the functionality of the Health app and HealthKit framework. We collaborate across Apple feature teams, hardware teams, domain experts like doctors and fitness experts, and our third party developer ecosystem. Our primary responsibilities are delivering new health and fitness features, designing solutions for distributed health data storage, performance, OS integration, and API design and delivery.

Requirements

  • BS Computer Science or equivalent experience
  • Strong foundation in Computer Science fundamentals
  • 2 years of experience working in Objective-C, Swift, C++ or similar high level programming languages
  • Strong understanding of algorithms and data structures
  • Experience in object-oriented architecture and design
  • Understanding of systems-level concepts like multi-threading and interprocess communication
  • Experience with debugging tools and performance tuning
  • Knowledge of iOS programming and one or more Apple technologies such as Grand Central Dispatch, CloudKit, or XPC Activity/Services
  • Strong communication skills, including ability to collaborate in a diversity of backgrounds and experiences
  • Willingness to learn and improve, and also mentor and support other team members
  • Highly organized, maintaining patience and composure to effectively operate within ambiguity.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with distributed systems design and development
  • Experience with SQL and database technologies
  • Experience delivering libraries, frameworks or APIs
  • Familiarity with Fitness, Wellness or Medical concepts

About the company

We are looking for talented engineers to keep HealthKit - the very heart of everything related to health and fitness on Apple platforms - secure, efficient, and ever-growing. We work with hardware and software teams throughout Apple as well as our developer ecosystem to deliver ever more functionality that is deeply integrated with iOS, watchOS and all the rest without sacrificing privacy, power, or performance.

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