Community And Content Engineer, Open Source Program Office

Community And Content Engineer

Swift is a powerful, flexible, memory-safe, general-purpose programming language that supports multiple platforms from Apple Platforms, Linux, Windows, Embedded, and more. We are looking for a Community and Content Engineer to drive technical community initiatives from end-to-end to help build a robust ecosystem for the language. This role will build awareness and learning pathways through documentation, tutorials, samples, and more. This role also supports the wider open source project with communication platforms, developer support, moderation programs, project management, and contributor experience. Join Apple's Open Source Program Office (OSPO), a passionate, collaborative, and distributed team that partners Apple-wide to support open source strategy and operations. Do you enjoy connecting people and ideas, building community, and growing open source at scale? We'd love to hear from you!

As an open source community builder, you know how to strike a balance of passion and pragmatism. You thrive with building sustainable content programs that developers, contributors, and consumers taut as high-quality documentation where the samples and tutorials "just work". You love working in open source to create better developer experiences for its users. A large part will be collaborating with open source developers and contributors of many abilities and backgrounds and writing Swift with them! If you don't already know Swift, you'll be expected to learn in order to connect with developers.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience building content and community programs for an open source community/ecosystem in a community, developer relations, technical marketing, or related positions
• Ability to create technical content (sample code, written word, etc) independently and with a large team
• Ability to break down concepts per audience
• Experience building communication channels with moderation guidelines
• Proven experience with public speaking and technical writing skills for blogs and documentation
• Experience working with GitHub in a collaborative git environment with knowledge of content publishing tools
• A level of quality that is bar none
• Demonstrated empathy and reasoning
• At least in a Linux based operating system environment with an understanding about the command line, common tools, navigating file systems, and more

Preferred Qualifications:

• Programming language industry experience
• Experience with Swift on Linux, Windows, and/or Embedded
• Strong facilitation, prioritization, and project management skills
• Comfortable with navigating ambiguity in order to build structured plans and solutions
• Experience with DocC
• You exude collaboration skills, including the ability to mentor and be mentored

Pay & Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $171,600 and $302,200, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.