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iOS Software Engineer, Shortcuts Actions - Proactive

Apple

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Location
Seattle, WA
Schedule
Full-time
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Job overview

The iOS Software Engineer will enhance the Shortcuts app by collaborating with first-party app teams and third-party developers to introduce new actions. The role involves developing features and essential technologies, maintaining existing code, fixing bugs, and contributing to system design. The engineer will work across teams to build robust, maintainable software and user experiences for Apple platforms.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Objective-CSwiftXcodeLLDBInstrumentsCommunicationUIKitAppKitSwiftUIAttention to DetailQuality Focus

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Computer Science or Related Field or Equivalent Practical Experience

Full job description

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200689259-3337

Summary

Play a part in the next revolution in human-computer interaction. Contribute to a product that helps users tune their devices, making them more personal. Create groundbreaking technology to provide intelligence around the apps you use every day. Work with the people who created Shortcuts, Siri, and other system features that help millions of people get things done. Join the Shortcuts team at Apple. Our team is looking for iOS, macOS, watchOS, and visionOS engineers passionate about building user experiences and products that make customers' lives easier. In this role, you'll be part of a cross-functional and collaborative team that works on a first party app on all of Apple's platforms. You'll ship code that runs on the devices you use every day and powers products that are critical to the lives of millions of users!

Your primary focus will be enhancing the capabilities of the Shortcuts app by collaborating with first-party app teams and third-party developers to introduce new actions into the product. As a strong programmer and a creative problem solver, you will break down interesting technical challenges and create robust, scalable solutions. You will work across teams and organizations, building relationships and crafting compelling system features. You love building an elegant user experience and are passionate about improving digital productivity. You want to create fluid software that aligns with new operating system and hardware features. You finish projects with a keen eye to the details that surprise and delight customers!

Description

You will also play a crucial role in guiding our existing products, leveraging your ability to anticipate issues before they arrive, and lead development of essential technologies in early stages. You care deeply about software architecture and writing code that is robust and maintainable for the future. You are excited about developing new features, as well as maintaining existing code, fixing bugs, and contributing to overall system design. You know it’s all in the details.

Minimum Qualifications

  • B.S in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

  • Experience building software and applications in Objective-C or Swift

  • Familiarity with essential tools (Xcode, lldb, Instruments)

  • Skilled at communicating, whether verbally or in writing

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience creating complex and performant user interfaces with UIKit, AppKit, or SwiftUI

  • Attention to detail and focus on quality

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

How this job compares

Set against the 33,585 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Washington median$144–219K/yr1,680 salary ranges
  • Washington median$60–80/hr20 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,863 open Software Engineer jobs in Washington and 33,585 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (27,197 postings).
Education
12,701 of the 33,585 open Software Engineer jobs (38%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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