MapKit Native (IOS) Engineer

Role

MapKit Native (IOS) Engineer

Location: Austin, TX

Summary

Embark on a new route in your career! Apple Maps offers a host of

innovative features and rich data, powering experiences across apps and

devices. Join the Maps Developer Platform team to bring the revolutionary

Apple Maps experience to developers building on native Apple

technologies.

Description

As a Native Platform Engineer on the Maps Developer Platform team, you

will work at the intersection of system frameworks, developer tooling, and

cartographic technology. We build the APIs and tools powering the Apple

Maps Developer experience. On our team, you will help us take new

features from conceptualization, through design and implementation, all the

way to announcing them at Apple's Developer Conference! Furthermore,

you will partner directly with a wide range of clients to build highly impactful

mapping solutions, including FindMy, Weather, Photos, and 3rd party

developers.

Responsibilities

• Elicit requirements from our clients and translate them into scalable,

reliable code.

• Design, review and implement 3rd party developer APIs & Tools.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Human Interaction Design,

Services, and other Engineering and Data teams.

• Develop, launch, and maintain cross-platform features that integrate

Maps with the Apple ecosystem.

Minimum Qualifications

• Proficiency in Swift and/or Objective
• Proficiency with SwiftUI and/or UIK
• Familiarity with system architecture and API design
• Software engineering experience in a production environment
• Proven track record of architecting, developing, releasing and

supporting critically important software components

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to explain

complex problems clearly and succinctly

• Passion to collaborate and iterate on ideas in a cross-functional team

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Computer Science
• Experience writing testable code and familiarity with unit testing

frameworks

• Familiarity with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) or other

spatial visualization system