Software Engineer, Freeform

Do you want to help build Freeform, the incredibly powerful yet easy-to-use collaborative whiteboard app that ships with every iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro? Are you interested in creating amazing user experiences? Do you want to harness the latest technologies available on Apple platforms? Do you have a passion for code that is as elegant as the output that it produces? As a software engineer on the Freeform team, you will collaborate with designers and engineers to define and build new Freeform features. You will have opportunities to collaborate with teams across Apple to integrate the latest platform features and technologies into Freeform. You will work across the entire application stack from UI and animations to the document model, collaboration features, and OS integration points. The features you build will be highly visible and delight users around the world.

Description

In the job you'll; collaborate with other engineers and designers, to brainstorm, prototype, and ship features that bring our users' ideas to life on our creative canvas; produce documentation and provide other forms of support; demo your work to engineers, designers, marketing, and leadership; make good use of documentation, IDEs, debuggers and other tools in understanding the large code base; write easy-to-understand new code, and work to fix existing bugs and make architectural improvements that resist them; keep the ultimate user in mind at all times, delighting them while supporting their best work.

Minimum Qualifications

• Proficiency with Swift or Objective-C
• Skilled with object-oriented design
• Demonstrated experience planning and delivering software projects with cross-functional teams
• Ability to communicate clearly-both verbally and in writing-and build trust across business lines
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Physics, Math, or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Past experience building software for Apple platforms
• Experience working in large code bases with large teams
• Proficiency building AI features or using AI tools
• Demonstrated skill at understanding non-technical users' needs and developing appropriate solutions
• Proficiency in Python, other scripting languages, or other automation tools
• Priority to candidates with demonstrable iOS/macOS app development experience, including hobby projects

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Client-provided location(s): Pittsburgh, PA

Job ID: apple-200630215-2926

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-11-08T19:08:54