senior data engineering Database Engineer ic 4+ yrs Bachelor's · Posted Jul 9, 2026

Skills

JavaScript Swift HTML/CSS Data Structures API Development iOS

About this role

Apple is hiring a senior-level Database Engineer in the data engineering function based in San Diego, CA. The posting calls out experience with JavaScript, Swift, HTML/CSS, Data Structures and roughly 4+ years of relevant work. Listed education preference: a bachelor's degree or equivalent.

Role: Database Engineer
Function: data engineering
Level: senior
Track: Individual contributor
Location: San Diego, CA
Experience: 4+ years
Education: Bachelor's degree
Department: Software and Services
Posted: Jul 9, 2026

AI Summary

Senior Database Engineer optimizing WebKit performance across Apple platforms. Diagnose performance issues, improve execution speed and memory consumption, and mentor others. Requires BS in Computer Science, C++ expertise, and proven software performance optimization experience.

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Job description

from Apple careers

The WebKit Performance team is looking for an engineer with a passion for software optimization to support one of the most heavily used frameworks and applications in the world.

WebKit is the system framework for rendering web content on Apple platforms. When you load a webpage in Safari, that’s WebKit! WebKit is also an Open Source software project in which Apple engineers collaborate with engineers from around the world to improve the framework, evolve web APIs, and ensure the best possible experience on the web. WebKit is a foundational component of iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS, forming the basis of many key applications.

Performance improvements in WebKit make all of our products better. The WebKit Performance team is responsible for defending and improving the launch speed, processing speed, memory size, and power consumption of the WebKit framework. You will help improve WebKit performance on all Apple platforms.
As a WebKit Performance Engineer, you will seek opportunities to improve WebKit performance as measured by execution time, memory consumption, and power use. You will also be responsible for diagnosing performance issues identified in benchmarks and in web applications, helping us identify and correct recent performance regressions, and helping to train and mentor others in performance improvement techniques.
<h3>Minimum Qualifications</h3>BS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
Expertise in C++.
Experience with software performance measurement, analysis, and optimization.
Detailed understanding of data structures and algorithms.
Experience with pointers, memory management, threads, and processes.
<h3>Preferred Qualifications</h3>At least 4 years of prior hands-on iOS or macOS application development.
Experience with Objective-C, Swift, and Cocoa APIs.
Experience with web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SVG, WebGL, WebGPU).
Experience with UIKit and AppKit.
Excellent debugging, analysis, communication, and critical thinking skills.