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Allen Control Systems

Software Engineer

Austin, TX · On-site

Software Engineer Company Overview: Allen Control Systems (ACS) is a cutting-edge defense startup ... Design, develop, and maintain high-performance software applications using C++. * Optimize and ...

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Media Intelligence Systems & Performance Software Engineer

San Diego, CA • On-site

Apple
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing • 10K+ employees
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$148K/yr

Full-time

Re-posted 29 days ago

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8.1

Company rating: 8.1 out of 10

Based on 684 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

6th of 30 rated technology retailers

Job description

Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Do you bring passion and dedication to your job? If so, we are looking for individuals like you.
We are looking for a motivated engineer to join us to shape the future of media intelligence. The team develops cutting edge technologies and systems that enable intelligent media experiences across Apple's product line, including applications like Photos, FaceTime, Camera, etc., as well as system wide features. You will work closely with a group of experts to architect and deliver solutions that will have a huge impact across our platforms.
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As a software engineer in this role, you will be responsible for contributing to design and architecture, prototyping and developing new features, profiling and optimizing performance, implementing tools & testing. We're looking for a teammate with proven success in delivering technologies. You will be a critical part of a diverse team, and will thrive in a high energy, time constrained, multitasking environment.
Minimum Qualifications
Software development experience in one of the following: C, C++, Objective C
A deep understanding of multithreaded programming
Strong analytical, programming and debugging skills
Preferred Qualifications
Software optimization experience, leveraging SIMD, GPU or hardware acceleration
Experience with media processing systems (image, video or audio processing)
Experience with systems applying machine learning / computer vision
Experience in continuous integration and test automation

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Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Dynamic, intelligent people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products. The same real passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our dedication to leave the world better than we found it.

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Computer and electronic product manufacturing

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Cupertino, CA, US

Year founded

1976

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