Have you always wanted to work for Apple? Mr. Black Turtleneck himself?
Well you're in luck -- that is if you're a capable software developer that is up-to-date on your "Computational Geometry or Graph Theory" and have extensive experience (read: 3 years or more) in developing navigation software.
Four new job postings on the Apple website seem to suggest that Apple is looking to develop it's own mapping or navigation system for iOS.
In April of this year, Apple began integrating its own databases for location-based services following the release of the iPad and iOS 3.2. Previously, Apple relied on databases maintained by Skyhook Wireless and Google for location services.
The iOS Maps application still relies on Google for map imagery as well as its "Street View," but the change could signal that Apple plans to rely solely on its own technology in the future. In addition, in 2009, Apple indicated it wanted to hire someone who would help take the iPhone's Maps application "to the next level," with the intention of changing how users use Maps and find things.
"We want to do this in a seamless, highly interactive and enjoyable way," that job listing read. "We've only just started."
Apple's been known to post its job listings anonymously on plenty of job sites. I can only imagine showing up to an interview and being hired to work for some phenominally huge company like Apple.
Want to try your luck? Check out the job listings at TechCareers.com
Bambi Blue is a freelance writer, editor, and codemonkey living in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She moonlights as a jazz musician, a social butterfly, and most apparently a weisenheimer. Loves to cook, hates to clean, and can easily be found on Twitter.
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