Software Engineer - Setup

San Francisco Bay Area Until 9/22/2026 1+ years exp First posted July 24, 2026 Last posted July 24, 2026
Job description

Apple devices have revolutionized how people live, connect, and work. It’s not by chance! By thoughtfully blending beautiful, premium hardware with intuitive, innovative system software, we design and build a uniquely impactful user experience. The leading edge of this user experience is made up by the essential apps, components, and frameworks of System Experience. Come help dramatically improve the first experience that every iPhone, iPad, and Mac customer sees — the Setup experience. Work with an energetic, hard-working, fun team of managers, engineers, cross-functional teams, and world-class designers to deliver the best system experiences on the planet!

Description

We’re the System Experience Setup team. We build Setup Assistant, the software that guides every iPhone, iPad, and Mac customer to set up their new device. Setup Assistant is the front door to these products – it is the most visible, critical piece of our customer onboarding process. We work with multiple cross-functional teams to continuously evolve the setup experience, which includes introducing many new hardware and software features.

We're looking for a software engineer to join our team and solve impactful problems alongside experienced engineers. As an engineer on the Setup team, you'll contribute to feature development and bug fixes while learning our codebase and development practices. You'll have opportunities to work on user-facing features that millions of customers interact with, all while receiving mentorship from senior team members. You'll also collaborate with talented engineering and cross-functional partners in a supportive environment designed to help you learn, grow, and deliver great user experiences.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor of Computer Science or equivalent skills and work experience
Foundation for growth — you have 1-3 years of software engineering experience and are ready to take on increasing responsibility

Preferred Qualifications

Customer focus — you make high-quality, user-centric product decisions
Drive for customer impact — you are deeply motivated to build the best essential user experiences for billions of users
Excellent communication and collaboration skills across disciplines and teams.

About this role

Summary

Develop and improve setup assistant features for Apple devices, ensuring a seamless user experience.

Job title

Software Engineer - Setup

Experience level

1-3 years

Minimum experience

1+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

On-site in San Francisco Bay Area; remote not specified.

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

computer sciencesoftware engineering

Preferred skills

user-centriccollaborationcommunication

Specializations

user interfacesoftware development
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Unknown location

On-site