Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing 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! As the Internationalization team, our mission is to make Apple’s products accessible to our customers all around the world. We are looking for a software engineer who is passionate about languages, someone who is empathetic and wants to create solutions for customers across a wide variety of languages and locales! You can check out some recent WWDC talks that showcase the Internationalization team’s work here: - Build multilingual-ready apps: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2024/10185/ - Get started with Writing Tools: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2024/10168/

DESCRIPTION

Our mission is to make the input experience-using Keyboard, Dictation, Apple Pencil, etc.-more inclusive and accessible for everyone, regardless of what languages they use or what background they come from. In this role, you will: Write code for Input Methods for various languages such as Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Tamil, Vietnamese, etc. Design and develop Keyboard Layouts for over 100 languages Work at the forefront of the user experience for input coupled with Apple Intelligence, including Writing Tools Collaborate with different teams-such as Accessibility, Hardware, Human Interface, NLP, Privacy, etc.-to solve both design and engineering challenges and ensure that the next generation of experiences can reach all Apple customers Contribute to the wider internationalization community both within and outside of Apple, such as the open-source CLDR project

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong object oriented programming and design skills In-depth development experience at the application and user interface level with Swift or/and Objective- C
• Excellent problem solving, critical thinking and communication skills
• 3+ years of increasing responsibility and relevant experience
• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science, or a closely related field

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Passion for language and for improving Apple’s products
• Familiarity with internationalization and Unicode
• Deep knowledge of UI and framework development in iOS/macOS
• Performance analysis and tuning experience including memory usage, CPU utilization, leak checking, etc.
• Ability to effectively contribute to several concurrent projects
• Ability to thrive in a highly collaborative environment

Please refer the Job description for details