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# Software Engineer, Internal Tools - Media, Graphics & Compute Tech

- **Company:** Apple Inc.
- **Location:** San Diego, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Macintosh Computers, Final Cut Pro, Apple IOS, Apple Mac Systems, Apple TV, Application Performance Management, CoreMedia CMS, Software Debugging, Programming Tools, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Data Streaming, Large Language Models, Software Application Programming, Generative AI, Agentic-AI, Model Context Protocol, Programming Languages
- **Published:** October 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/1e734f8f-aa0b-4cae-a597-04635b54cd9c

## About the Role

8+ years of software development experience, with strong proficiency in Python or a similar language

Demonstrated expertise in debugging complex systems

Experience architecting and implementing large-scale distributed systems

Preferred Qualifications

Proficiency in multiple programming languages

Familiarity with application performance profiling and benchmarking

Hands-on experience building applications or developer tooling that leverage GenAI technologies, such as LLM APIs, AI agents, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), or the Model Context Protocol (MCP)

## Description

The Media, Graphics & Compute Technologies (MGC) organization serves as the foundation for audio and video media across Apple's diverse range of innovative products, including iPhones, HomePods, AppleTVs, Apple Watches, iPads, Macs, Vision Pros, and professional and consumer applications such as Final Cut, Music, TV, and iWork. Melevates the media experience on iOS, tvOS, watchOS, macOS, and visionOS platforms through technologies like AVFoundation, CoreMedia, CoreAudio, Media Toolbox, and Video Toolbox.

This position is with the Streaming Media Ecosystem (SME) team, which delivers a comprehensive set of streaming technologies, ensuring seamless media experiences for Apple and third-party services. The services SME supports include Apple TV, Apple Music, Disney Plus, Netflix, and HBO. This role focuses on designing and developing applications, services, and platform infrastructure that support SME's products and features. This work plays a critical role in ensuring product quality by building the tooling and automation frameworks that enable rapid, reliable delivery of world-class streaming experiences., We're looking for a meticulous, focused, and self-motivated individual, passionate about automating workflows, including through GenAI and agentic tooling. You'll partner with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities to improve their efficiency.

You'll join a team of engineers building scalable applications that help a large engineering organization ship higher-quality software, faster.

You'll design reliable, highly available applications, services, and platforms, with automation as the guiding goal.