CoreMedia AR/VR Software Engineer

The Audio & Media Technologies (AMT) organization provides the audiovisual media foundation across all of Apple's innovative products, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro, HomePod, AppleTV, Apple Watch, as well as professional and consumer applications from Final Cut to Music, TV and iWork. AMT takes the media experience to the next level on the iOS, macOS, visionOS, tvOS, and watchOS platforms with technologies such as AVFoundation, CoreMedia, CoreAudio, Media Toolbox and Video Toolbox. The CoreMedia Spatial Technologies team within AMT is responsible for implementing software services around linear audiovisual media. This includes local media playback, video-on-demand and live streaming of multimedia content across all Apple platforms. The CoreMedia Spatial Technologies team is looking for a software engineer to join our team to work on media formats and playback to power the next generation of interactive augmented reality experiences for our platforms using Apple's latest technologies including RealityKit and ARKit.

Description

We are looking for a software engineer to join our team and help develop the media engine for our products and services.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Implementing new features for media playback, streaming and transcoding areas
• Improving the performance and software quality for our cross-platform media frameworks
• Solving incredibly challenging and interesting problems in the AR/VR space

To be successful in this role, you need to be versatile and able to thrive in a fast paced environment.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS/MS CS/CE or equivalent
• 2+ years of experience working as part of a software development team on any major platform and debugging in a highly concurrent environment
• Strong programming skills in C, C++ or Objective-C
• Passion for learning new technologies, and self-motivation to work through technical challenges

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing or using media software frameworks and/or audio/video codecs is a plus
• Proficiency in macOS, iOS and/or Unix development along with Swift and/or SwiftUI is a plus
• Experience with 3D graphics/game engines especially in AR/VR spaces is a plus
• Experience in developing and maintaining an API for multiple clients is a plus
• Familiarity with multimedia file formats such as QuickTime Movie, MPEG-4 and MPEG-TS
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills