Apple's Media, Graphics, & Compute Technologies team is seeking a seasoned audio software engineer to lead the technical direction of spatial audio playback across all Apple platforms. This role involves owning the architecture of audio decoding and rendering, as well as the real-time audio mixing engine. The engineer will be responsible for shaping how users experience immersive audio on devices like iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV. This high-impact position requires strong technical skills and a deep understanding of audio systems.

• Strong C++ systems programming skills with experience in performance-critical, real-time code.
• Strong understanding of multichannel audio formats and audio codec pipelines.
• Deep experience with real-time audio systems, including low-latency signal processing.
• Experience designing and shipping system-level APIs.
• BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience in audio or media playback.
• Experience integrating third-party codec SDKs into platform audio frameworks.
• Experience developing or maintaining audio file format parsers or media container demuxers.
• Familiarity with loudness standards and dynamic range control.
• Experience with Apple audio frameworks or comparable platform audio stacks.

• Architect and evolve the end-to-end spatial audio pipeline.
• Design system-level APIs for integrating spatial and multichannel audio capabilities.
• Own the architecture of audio decoding and rendering for various audio formats.
• Drive the technical direction of spatial audio playback across Apple platforms.
• Shape the user experience of immersive audio on hundreds of millions of devices.

• Employees at Apple are often offered comprehensive benefits that support physical and mental well-being—flexible medical plans, confidential counseling, onsite wellness centers at major campuses, and resources for fitness and daily life. Families typically receive fertility support, paid parental leave with gradual return, caregiving leave, and dependent-care guidance, while financial perks commonly include stock grants (with purchase discounts), 401(k) matching, and income-protection coverage. Employees also see robust time off, Apple University learning and tuition reimbursement, donation matching and paid volunteer hours, and deep product and partner discounts.