WatchOS Tools Full Stack Software Engineer

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

OS team is shaping the future of personal health, fitness, and communication. Behind the groundbreaking features our users love is the Tools and Automation team, a group acting as a force multiplier for the entire engineering organization. We build the elegant tools and critical infrastructure that empower our engineers to bring their most ambitious ideas to life. As a Full Stack Software Engineer on our team, you will be at the heart of this process.

In this role, you’ll design and build full-stack applications and services that power watch

OS software development and QA teams. You’ll work across the entire lifecycle, from creating intuitive user interfaces to developing scalable backend systems. Your work will directly accelerate innovation and help ensure the high quality of the software that runs on millions of Apple Watches worldwide.

• Design, develop, and deploy full-stack frontend UI and backend APIs to produce modular, testable, production-ready code and intuitive tools for software engineering.
• Architect and maintain scalable, cloud-native services capable of scheduling, running, and processing thousands of watch
  
  OS tests daily.
• Implement and manage CI/CD services that automatically build, test, and integrate software updates while validating code quality, security, and performance.
• Monitor system health with metrics and logs, set up alerts and dashboards to continuously improve automation reliability.
• Prototype and evaluate emerging technologies for Apple-scale tool usage.
• Collaborate with software engineers, QA leads, lab managers, and automation engineers to gather requirements, iterate on designs, and drive adoption of new tools.
• Investigate, debug, and resolve complex issues across dependent projects and systems, performing root cause analysis to drive long-term stability and prevent recurrence.

Below are the minimum qualifications required.

• Strong fundamentals in computer science including object-oriented design. A specific degree or concentration is not required.
• Proficiency in modern programming languages such as Python, Ruby, Swift, or JavaScript, with an eagerness to learn new technologies.
• Experience designing responsive frontend applications with modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React
  
  JS, Angular
  
  JS, Vue.js), with a good foundation in UI/UX design principles.
• Strong understanding of web services principles, security best practices, and protocols (HTTP, SSL/TLS, REST APIs).
• Knowledge of relational databases (e.g., Postgre
  
  SQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQLite) and database design principles.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with a passion for automation and tooling in software development.
• 3 years of relevant industry experience in a software engineering or related role.

• Experience developing scalable backend services, including web frameworks (Rails, Django, Express), API design (REST/Graph
  
  QL), and containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Hands‑on experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Git Lab CI, Git Hub Actions) and version control systems (Git).
• Awareness of cloud platforms and infrastructure (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and configuration management tools (Chef, Puppet, Ansible).
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability platforms like Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk.

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 $147,400 and $272,100, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. 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…