Swift Standard Library Engineer

Are you eager to learn, grow, and make an impact? Join the Swift Standard Libraries team and enjoy the rare opportunity to work at the intersection of:

1. Computer science theory and engineering
2. Programming language and library design
3. Apple’s frameworks and the open-source community

The future is being defined right now, and the Swift Standard Library team is at the center of it. The work we do will shape the developer experience on Apple's platforms and beyond for decades to come.

Description

The Swift Standard Libraries team is responsible for much of the user-facing experience of the Swift programming language via the Standard Library, which reaches from basic types and data structures like Int and Dictionary to complex algorithms like sorting and regular expression matching. The team also develops a growing roster of open-source Swift packages including Algorithms, Argument Parser, Async Algorithms, Numerics, and System. You will join a small team of thoughtful, versatile engineers in meeting the challenge of designing correct and expressive high-level APIs with carefully tuned low-level implementations. You'll work as an active contributor to the swift.org open-source project, collaborating with the Swift compiler team, engineers from across every part of Apple, and the Swift open-source community.

IN YOUR ENGINEERING ROLE YOU WILL:

• Design interfaces that present natural Swift bindings for Windows and Linux platform and library conventions in consultation and collaboration with Swift users around the world.
• Tune performance, refine implementations, and investigate and fix problems as they appear in anything from iOS apps to server-side applications.
• Write tests, benchmarks, and documentation.
• Work with the Swift compiler team to research and explore improvements to the Swift language.

Our team strives to build a diverse, inclusive team and healthy, balanced work environment. We believe that every engineer brings unique skills and perspective. Far more than any specific experience or skill, we are looking for engineers who want to enable others to build great software, while learning and developing their skills.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Fluency with low-level platform interfaces and idioms of either Windows or Linux.
• Proficiency with the Swift language.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with the Swift codebase.
• Familiarity with LLVM or Clang.
• Experience working as part of an open-source community.