Software Engineer, Device Management, CoreOS

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  • Apple
  • Cupertino, CA
  • Full-Time
  • 1 week ago
Published
May 14, 2026
Location
Cupertino, CA
Category
Job Type

Software Engineer, Device Management, CoreOS: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role: An engineer role to design and implement OS-level device management features enabling organizations to configure and manage Apple devices across education and enterprise environments.
  • The Person: The person will implement and influence OS-level device management functionality, work cross-functionally across OS teams, and integrate device management features used by MDM and declarative device management tools.
  • Requirements: Experience with professional software development in a C-like programming language Swift Objective-C familiarity with concurrent programming concepts and knowledge of CoreData libdispatch XPC Swift concurrency is required or preferred.

Job Description

Imagine what you could do here to help students get excited about learning and employees work more efficiently by making it easier for organizations to configure and manage Apple devices in schools and businesses around the world. Mobile Device Management and Declarative Device Management are the technologies which enable device management tools from both Apple and many third-party partners to remotely manage millions of Apple devices every day. The team is looking for a committed, highly competent engineer to contribute to current and future applications of device management to enable our customers to manage Apple devices for their users.

Description

As a member of the Core Device Management team, you will have the opportunity to influence product features, implement new OS-level functionality, and work cross-functionally with many other teams across Apple to design and implement innovative solutions to the problems organizations face while incorporating technology without compromising the Apple user experience for the end user of each device. Device Management is the layer within iOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS which is relied upon by many system components for managing settings locally as well as handling communication with device management tools like Apple Configurator and Device Management (MDM) servers. As most system components require some form of management, the Device Management team builds partnerships with many different engineering teams across the company, from system and Apple's App Store apps to low-level OS infrastructure. Apple's commitment to developing innovative solutions for education and enterprise customers has never been stronger, and we have more exciting features in the works that will delight our customers. If you are excited about enabling the use of the latest Apple devices and technology in schools, businesses, and governments around the world, come join our team and make a difference!

Minimum Qualifications

Experience with professional software development in a C-like programming language (Swift, Objective-C, Java, C++, C#, etc.)
Familiarity with concurrent programming concepts and design patterns, such as multi-threading, serialization, and locking
Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and apply new technologies while working collaboratively with others
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, an engineering-related field, or equivalent related experience

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with device management technologies such as MDM and Declarative Device Management
Working knowledge of key Apple technologies like CoreData, libdispatch, XPC, Swift concurrency
Experience with framework, daemon and/or public API development, especially with respect to macOS
Experience implementing client - server network communication
Experience coding in Swift or Objective-C

Key Skills
? Key Skills in dark blue have been inferred based on similar industry roles
C++ Concurrent Programming XPC Coredata Client-server Networking Java C Design Patterns Macos Swift Objective-c Ios

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