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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Apple Inc.
- **Location:** San Diego, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $142,300.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Apple Watch, Java (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Data as a Services, Software Engineering, Technical Data Management Systems, GNSS
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.themuse.com/jobs/apple/senior-software-engineer-location-technologies-sensing-connectivity

## About the Role

Working knowledge of RF or alternate location-sensing technologies beyond GNSS.

Experience developing or shipping software for embedded or consumer hardware platforms.

Experience with crowd-sourced, sensor, or telemetry data systems.

Experience working directly with external vendors or partners on technical data-integration efforts.

Experience presenting technical findings or recommendations to management or non-technical audiences.

Experience leveraging GenAI and Agentic work flows to development and analysis tasks.

Genuine passion for location technologies and a drive to continuously innovate in ways that make a real difference in people's lives., BS or MS in EE, CS, Aerospace, Geomatics, or equivalent, plus 5+ years of software or positioning experience.

Strong software development skills: C/C++ for embedded, Java for server-side, and/or Python for data analysis and visualization.

Demonstrated depth in at least one of the following, plus working familiarity with the other two

## Description

Define and drive the development of network data services and develop the back-end algorithms that animate them.

Build and maintain monitoring, alerting, and data-quality tooling for production services, in partnership with other internal location teams.

Own technical relationships with external data vendors or partners.

Support qualification and commercialization of location-service features, including integration of on-device sensor and telemetry data, shipped to iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.


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