Principal Software Engineer - Photos Storytelling
Santa Clara Valley (Cupertino), California, United States
Software and Services
Do you have a passion for building the best photo library in the world? iPhone is the most popular camera in the world. Detailed integration of software and hardware has delivered magical experiences like Photos Lock Screen, Photos Memories, Cinematic Video, and Portrait Mode. The Camera & Photos team creates privacy-respecting machine learning technologies to ship emotional experiences to hundreds of millions of users worldwide. We are looking for an outstanding senior software engineer to architect and develop innovative algorithms and infrastructure for the next generation of thoughtful and personal products we deliver. If you thrive on problems at the intersection of algorithms, applied machine learning, and user experience, this position will excite and inspire you.
We are looking for an outstanding senior software engineer to architect and develop innovative algorithms and infrastructure for the next generation of thoughtful and personal products we deliver. If you thrive on problems at the intersection of algorithms, applied machine learning, and user experience, this position will excite and inspire you.
Key Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in developing large scale software
- Experience prototyping and developing mobile software products
- Passionate about storytelling, curation, and multi-media presentations
- Excellent analytical, problem solving, interpersonal and communication skills
- Experience with Apple system level APIs and frameworks
- Expert knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming
- Firm grasp of asynchronous programming concepts
- Ability to develop and optimize code to run on a constrained environment
- Familiarities with Knowledge Graph and Traversal Algorithms
- Demonstrated expertise with Objective-C / C++ / Swift or similar languages
Description
In this role you will ideate, prototype and build new intelligence algorithms and product features to power new Photos experiences related to Photos For You, Memories, and People. Candidates should have a proven track record that demonstrates building product features, strong collaboration, excellent interpersonal skills and a passion for designing high quality algorithms with the user experience in focus. The candidate needs to show initiative, take ownership of a problem and work cross-functionally to collect information, solve problems and disseminate findings.
The candidate needs to show initiative, take ownership of a problem and work cross-functionally to collect information, solve problems and disseminate findings.
Education & Experience
B.S. / M.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent experience