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# Senior Software Engineer, Media Playback - Media, Graphics & Compute Technologies

- **Company:** Apple Inc.
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $184,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Apple Watch, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Macintosh Computers, Apple Products, Apple TV, Application Frameworks, Computer Programming, Software Debugging, FaceTime, Human-Computer Interaction, Build Management, Live Streaming, Objective C++
- **Published:** September 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jobmonkeyjobs.com/career/28029373/Senior-Software-Engineer-Media-Playback-Media-Graphics-Compute-Technologies-California-All-Cities-7413

## About the Role

Media, Graphics & Compute Technologies (MGCT) provides the media and graphics foundation across all of Apple's innovative products, including iPhone, Apple Vision Pro, Apple TV, Apple Watch, iPad, and Mac. The AVKit Engineering team within MGCT provides the media playback UI across Apple's innovative products. The team is responsible for implementing media application frameworks which support playback and editing of audiovisual media, as well as local media playback, video-on-demand, and live streaming. The AVKit framework is used across Apple products such as Safari, TV, Photos, Music, FaceTime, iMovie, and 3rd parties, across all platforms. We are looking for a Senior Engineer with an excellent technical and programming background and great communication skills with working experience in the media domain to help us build innovative media playback experiences., 5+ years of programming experience, preferably in Objective-C and Swift

Deep knowledge of Operating System design and concepts

Excellent collaboration skills, with the ability to crisply and clearly explain advanced concepts

Proficiency in developing with Cocoa or other application frameworks

BS or MS in CS/CE or equivalent practical experience

Preferred Qualifications

Expertise in triaging and resolving complex bugs

Demonstrated problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills

Excellent understanding of optimization and performance issues across OS software layers

## Description

The AVKit Engineering team is looking for a top-notch, skilled senior engineer who is motivated to help design and build media playback UI across Apple's products. You will design and implement new features, as well as UI APIs for both Apple and third-party adoption. You will also collaborate closely with other engineering and design teams to implement system media UIs., Design, implement, and ship new features for AVKit's media playback UI, spanning iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro

Design and build public APIs used by both internal Apple teams and third-party developers, balancing flexibility with a simple, intuitive developer experience

Collaborate closely with Human Interface and partner engineering teams to define and implement system-level media UI that feels consistent across platforms

Triage, debug, and resolve complex issues spanning the UI layer down through the underlying media and OS stack

Drive performance and optimization improvements across the media playback pipeline, working across software layers as needed