Software Engineer, Front End

Software Engineer, Front End at Apple

Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, great ideas have a way of becoming phenomenal products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish.

Do you love creating innovative user interfaces? Are you passionate about bringing innovative web applications to life? If so, join our Legal & Global Security Solutions team to design and build rich, interactive user experiences for our suite of solutions. You should be able to build an accessible website with pixel flawless precision. You are someone who is equally comfortable starting from scratch with a new application as well as diving into an existing project to make it better.

Description

In this role you will consult on the front end experience for several web applications that enable our Legal and Global Security teams at Apple to work with greater ease. To accomplish this, you will be expected to efficiently collaborate and communicate with large and diverse teams and take part in the ownership, implementation, and maintenance of our designs. This will involve producing and challenging wireframes and user-flows, implementing them with test-covered code, and evolving the codebase alongside community advancements.

You will drive the front end of numerous critical Legal & Global Security solutions as well as lead the development of our component library and design system. You possess many ideas and a genuine passion for crafting user experiences by developing intuitive, user-friendly interfaces that prioritizes performance, reliability, and simplicity. Your contributions will profoundly impact thousands of users and be pivotal to the efficiency, work satisfaction and success of our internal teams and key partners.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate exceptional communication skills, a commitment to excellence, and a passion for innovation. You should bring a proactive mindset and a track record of delivering pixel perfect, accessible user interfaces that enhance user experience and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Design, Engineering, Security and other platform and services teams to translate stakeholder needs into actionable technology solutions, ensuring reliable and robust integration with optimal results
• Develop, test, deploy, and support front end solutions to ensure they meet Apple’s high standards for efficiency, functionality, accessibility, and user experience
• Lead the development and maintenance of a scalable component library and design system, ensuring that all componentry meets Apple brand guidelines and accessibility standards, as well as regular validation with users

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years industry web development experience using React, Redux, Node.js, HTML, CSS, Web Services
• Demonstrated expertise in both headless and non-headless CMS platforms
• End-to-End Web application development experience
• Experience designing, developing, and supporting highly scalable design systems
• Knowledge of WCAG Accessibility standards and best practices
• Bachelor's Degree in an engineering-related field, or equivalent work experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Design, UX, UI principles
• Experience with CSS pre-processing frameworks (Sass or Less)
• Good knowledge of APIs and REST architecture
• Experience with a modern front end build tool, e.g. Webpac

Key skills/competency

• React
• Redux
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• Web Services
• Accessibility (WCAG)
• Design Systems
• UI/UX Design
• Collaboration