Software Development Engineer **Cupertino, California, United States** **Software and Services** **Summary** Posted: **Apr 17, 2025** Weekly Hours: **40** Role Number: **200599262** Imagine what you can do here. Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their lives best work. Together we create products and experiences people once couldn’t have imagined, and now, can’t imagine living without. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. **Description** APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Localize, internationalize, and develop software applications and frameworks. Develop large-scale macOS applications and frameworks to facilitate localization of Apple’s software. Develop and maintain localization scripts and utilities to aid in investigating, debugging and resolving issues with application and framework code on iOS, macOS, tvOS and watchOS using Swift and Objective-C programming languages. Give and receive code reviews to teams across Apple as they bring up new features and platforms for international markets. Develop unit and integration tests to ensure robust solutions for localization tools and infrastructure. Participate in weekly meetings with teams across Apple reviewing software issues affecting international customers. Use non-English language knowledge to diagnose and resolve issues in Apple’s international products. 40 hours/week. At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $177,838 - $264,200/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. PAY & BENEFITS: Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits: https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html. Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program. **Minimum Qualifications** + Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Computational Linguistics or related field and 3 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation. + 1 year of experience with each of the following skills is required: + Reading, writing, and speaking in German (or another major foreign language: French, Italian, or Spanish). + Using Swift, Objective-C, and C programming languages, including writing code to support teams writing features for international customers; and experience building infrastructures and tools to facilitate the localization process. + Using Xcode integrated development environment (IDE), including experience writing code to support localization features and infrastructure; and developing IDE features for internal and external developers. + Experience in internal localization tools and workflows, and experience architecting software to facilitate localization and internationalization of software. + Experience in low-level Foundation APIs for localized strings; formatting and language-matching to support teams localizing their software; and implementing improvements to the APIs and implementing solutions that ease the process of localization. + Experience with the localization APIs exposed in SwiftUI, Foundation, AppKit and other core frameworks for developing software. + Understanding the human aspect of localization and industry-standard localization processes, interfacing with translators, project managers, engineering, and QA to evangelize localization best practices within the localization organization. + Experience testing and supporting localization engineering of new platforms and technologies. + Experience using task tracking systems and documenting decisions and processes in knowledge base. **Preferred Qualifications** + N/A Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) . Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) . Apple will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation. 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