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# Software Engineer, watchOS System Spaces

- **Company:** Apple Inc.
- **Location:** Boulder, CO, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Apple Watch, Daemon Tools, Distributed Systems, Inter-Process Communication, Software Engineering, System Programming, Concurrency, Objective C++
- **Published:** October 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/1_apple2-200674547

## About the Role

Curious and resourceful people who take an expansive view of their role will thrive in this multidisciplinary environment, where you'll have the opportunity to collaborate with experts across Apple. **Minimum Qualifications** + 6+ years of software development experience. + Solid computer science fundamentals; a specific degree or concentration is not required. + Experience building or maintaining systems software: daemons and services, inter-process communication, concurrency, or embedded environments. + Experience diagnosing failures that cross process or device boundaries. + Proficiency with Swift and Objective-C. + Ability to work collaboratively and explain complex ideas clearly. **Preferred Qualifications** + Experience with low-level software on constrained hardware. + Experience with multi-device or distributed systems. + Familiarity with operating system internals, including process lifecycle and networking. + Experience improving and expanding on existing complex
projects. + Comfort navigating ambiguity and iterating toward solutions in a fast-moving environment. + Thoughtful use of GenAI coding tools to accelerate development without compromising clarity or craft. + Genuine enthusiasm for wearable technology, and for the work of defining what an Apple Watch can be.

## Description

The engineers who do well on this team enjoy working inside constraints rather than around them.