Software Development Build Engineer, Apps Engineering
Apple
Software Engineering
Cupertino, CA, USA
USD 147,400-272,100 / year + Equity
Posted on May 29, 2026
Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. The Apps Engineering team, empowering millions of writers, musicians, filmmakers, photographers, designers and creators worldwide, is seeking a software engineer. The Cupertino engineering team works across a range of creative applications at Apple. We are a small international team with a presence in Cupertino, CA, Germany, Scotland, and Culver City, CA. Your position will be at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, or Culver City, CA.
Our team practices fast-paced development that relies on close collaboration between engineering, QA, and product design. This position will help manage our large software projects, continuous integration and build delivery systems. This role will require you to work closely with our partner teams in Application Services and Software Delivery to ensure timely and consistent delivery of builds. The role will require interaction and maintenance with K8s/Linux/macOS build farm and pipelines.
- Manage complex Xcode projects and their interdependencies.
- Develop, maintain, and deploy Continuous Integration systems across internally managed systems.
- Administer and interface with Continuous Integration systems managed externally.
- Work with Apple’s build engineering teams to ensure timely delivery of software releases.
- 3+ years with Xcode and Xcode project structure.
- 3+ with the full software development lifecycle including compilation, unit testing, code analysis, release process, and coverage.
- Experience with Unix shell scripting.
- Experience with Continuous Integration platforms.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or other related fields.
- Proficient in Python programming
- Experience with DevOps tools including Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform.
- Experience developing and shipping iOS or macOS applications.
- Proficient in Objective-C or Swift programming.
- Experience with GitHub and git workflows.
- Experience with Jenkins administration, scaling, and shared pipeline libraries.
- Experience with Buildbot administration and deployment.
- Experience scaling Continuous Integration systems and micro-services.
- Music, audio production skills, understanding musical concepts, playing an instrument.