London Intern: Privacy-Focused Cloud Compute Engineer

Apple Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in London is seeking a software engineering intern to aid in designing, building, and deploying privacy-preserving cloud infrastructure within Apple’s Private Cloud Compute Platform Data Plane team.

You’ll own a well-scoped project, and by internship end you’ll have shipped real work and gained hands-on experience in distributed systems, scalability, and privacy-focused engineering. This full-time internship in London requires five days per week with three days onsite at the office.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, with a minimum of 2 years completed.
• Programming proficiency in at least one high-level language; Swift preferred but Java/Go/Rust/C# are valued.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills, and a willingness to learn new technologies.
• Familiarity with version control and collaborative tools like GitHub and AI tools (Claude).
• Experience with Unix-like operating systems (macOS, Linux).
• Great organisational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and test features for the services that make up our cloud compute platform.
• Work in a team developing new architecture and reason about failure modes of distributed systems.
• Write comprehensive tests (unit, integration, system) and contribute through small, regular changes and code review.
• Collaborate with Privacy, Security, and cross-functional teams to deliver the best outcomes.
• Take part in design discussions and clarify evolving requirements.
• Document designs and present your project and results to the team.

Skills

Swift

Go

Java

C#

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Tools

GitHub

Claude AI tools

Job description

Apple Inc. in London is seeking a software engineering intern to aid in designing, building, and deploying privacy-preserving cloud infrastructure within Apple’s Private Cloud Compute Platform Data Plane team.

You’ll own a well-scoped project, and by internship end you’ll have shipped real work and gained hands-on experience in distributed systems, scalability, and privacy-focused engineering. This full-time internship in London requires five days per week with three days onsite at the office.