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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Apple Inc.
- **Location:** Cupertino, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $184,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Software Engineering, Software Systems, Information Technology, Api Design
- **Published:** September 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.themuse.com/jobs/apple/senior-software-engineer-setup-ceebf3

## About the Role

Bachelor of Computer Science or equivalent skills and work experience, Stellar engineering quality & output - you separate concerns and define well-abstracted interfaces, delivering performant, well-tested, maintainable code with reasonable failure modes

Platform API design - you're proficient at designing, building, and supporting a platform, understanding customer needs and constraints

Technical leadership - you exemplify "what good looks like" in code, in documentation, making and delivering on commitments, and prioritization

Customer focus - you make high-quality, user-centric product decisions

Mentorship - you make everyone around you smarter and purposefully invest in the growth of your peers - especially junior engineers

Critical thinking with influence - you systematically evaluate the tradeoffs associated with each potential solution to a problem, make an informed decision, and articulate these things well to influence others, driving impact

Track record of success - you have 7-10 years of software engineering experience with impact to show for it

## Description

We're the System Experience Setup team. We build Setup Assistant, the software that guides every iPhone, iPad, and Mac customer to set up their new device. Setup Assistant is the front door to these products - it is the most visible, critical piece of our customer onboarding process. We work with multiple cross-functional teams to continuously evolve the setup experience, which includes introducing many new hardware and software features., We're looking for a staff-level software engineer to help us solve the most impactful, complex problems our team faces. As a staff-level engineer on the Setup team, your responsibilities will include designing/implementing new features and refining the existing experience, all while ensuring quality at every step. You will set and uphold high standards for technical execution, and actively invest in the growth of your teammates. As a member of the Setup team, you will be collaborating with outstanding engineering and cross-functional partners. Our team culture is set up to help you succeed and grow as we deliver incredible user experiences together.


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