Lamiraux leaves behind a strong legacy.

Lamiraux first joined Apple in 1990 as a software engineer for the Mac platform, which would later be renamed OS X. In 2000, he earned a managerial position for OS X platform experience before becoming director of engineering for that department in 2004.

In 2005, he switched over to iOS under the important Apps and Frameworks section as director of software engineering, and became vice president of the department in September 2009.

Lamiraux reported directly to Craig Federighi and retired once he shipped iOS 7.0.3.