Internationalization Software Engineer, Input Experience

Our mission is to make the input experience—using Keyboard, Dictation, Apple Pencil, etc.—more inclusive and accessible for everyone, regardless of what languages they use or what background they come from.

Write code for Input Methods for various languages such as Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Tamil, Vietnamese, etc.
Design and develop Keyboard Layouts for over 100 languages.
Work at the forefront of the user experience for input coupled with Apple Intelligence, including Writing Tools.
Collaborate with different teams—such as Accessibility, Hardware, Human Interface, NLP, Privacy, etc.—to solve both design and engineering challenges and ensure that the next generation of experiences can reach all Apple customers.
Contribute to the wider internationalization community both within and outside of Apple, such as the open-source CLDR project.

3+ years of experience in software engineering
BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field

Programming ability in a C-like dialect (Java, C, C++, Objective-C, Swift, etc.)
Understanding of algorithms, data structures and coding standards
Familiar with unit testing, with a strong focus on high-quality software
Passion for language and for improving Apple’s products
Familiarity with internationalization and Unicode

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As the Internationalization team, our mission is to make Apple’s products accessible to our customers all around the world. We are looking for a software engineer who is passionate about languages, someone who is empathetic and wants to create solutions for customers across a wide variety of languages and locales!

You can check out some recent WWDC talks that showcase the Internationalization team’s work here:

Build multilingual-ready apps: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2024/10185/

Get started with Writing Tools: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2024/10168/

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