Apple

Intern - Swift Runtimes Engineer

Apple London, England, United Kingdom

Computers and Electronics Manufacturing · 10,001+ employees

5 d ago
swift Junior (0-2 yrs) Internship United Kingdom
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About the role

You will contribute to the development and evolution of cross-platform runtime libraries for the Swift programming language. This involves working on open-source repositories and collaborating with the Swift community to improve runtime performance.

What they look for

Swift C++ Systems programming Runtime libraries Open source X86-64 assembly Arm64 assembly Compilers Programming languages Cross-platform development Communication Teamwork

Requirements

Candidates should have an interest in low-level systems programming and practical experience with C++. Basic knowledge of Swift and strong communication skills are required for this internship.

Full description

The Swift Runtimes team at Apple is looking for an intern to contribute to our work on the Swift language runtime libraries. This position provides the opportunity to work with our world-class runtime engineers on code whose performance has an impact both across Apple's product range and in the wider Swift community.

Description

You will contribute to the evolution and development of the cross-platform runtime libraries that underpin the Swift programming language itself, and will have a chance to learn about the lowest level aspects of the runtime environment for a sophisticated modern programming language. As a member of the Swift Open Source community, you will contribute code publicly to the Swift project repositories on Github, and will have access to technical guidance, code reviews and mentorship from other community members to help you grow and get valuable experience contributing to a large, popular, Open Source project. The position is based on-site at Apple's London campus. We are looking for candidates with strong development skills and an interest in the low-level runtime aspects of programming languages.

Minimum Qualifications

Interest in low-level systems programming Practical experience with C++ Basic knowledge of Swift Strong communication and teamwork skills

Preferred Qualifications

Practical experience with Swift Familiarity with x86-64 and/or Arm64 assembly language Experience contributing to Open Source projects Interest in compilers and programming languages Development experience on multiple platforms

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