Streaming Media Software Engineer

Apple is where individual creativities capture together, contributing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each other’s ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It’s the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, you’ll do more than join something — you’ll add something.

We are looking for a creative and dedicated engineer to join the Streaming Media team. This team delivers the technology that powers the media viewing and listening experiences across our entire ecosystem for both 1st party (TV+, Apple Music, Sports) and 3rd party content streaming services (Disney, Netflix, HBO). We are looking for a highly motivated software engineer to support us in the design and development of our next generation of media streaming technologies. The role offers an incredible opportunity to contribute in the stack that powers our adaptive bit-rate engine across billion+ devices.

As a Streaming Media Software Engineer, you will develop new features for video streaming and web-based playback, contributing to overall media systems design, tuning adaptation algorithms, and integrating ML models to build rich experiences. Working cross-functionally, you will partner closely with applications, tooling, and data analytics teams to drive improvements in our player stack and launch new features. Our team crafts the protocols, implementations, and services that deliver industry-leading multimedia experiences to all of our customers. This role offers an incredible opportunity to learn from world-class experts across multiple disciplines both within Apple and in the industry.

Minimum Qualifications

• Ability to understand end to end architectures and functional details of a complex system with multiple inter-dependencies
• Strong software development experience in C / C++ for multi-threaded/systems development
• Outstanding analytical, programming and debugging skills
• Excellent communication skills, ability to collaborate and deliver under aggressive schedules
• BS/MS in CS/CE or equivalent with 3-5 years of experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with audio visual media
• Experience using LLMs in Software development