Senior Infrastructure Software Engineer (Provisioning) - Apple Services Engineering, London

Apple Inc.; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in London seeks a Senior Infrastructure Software Engineer to automate server lifecycle management. The role involves diagnosing system failures and influencing the direction of core services. Ideal candidates should have a strong background in backend software development and project management, with proficiency in languages like Golang. A degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience is preferred, along with familiarity with datacenter management.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in backend internet services software engineering.
• Solid understanding of hardware failures in server components.
• Experience delivering infrastructure platforms within software development teams.

Responsibilities

• Automate server lifecycle management across global data centers.
• Investigate and remediate system failures in the server provisioning path.
• Drive projects to deliver on time in fast-changing environments.

Skills

Backend internet services

Golang

C++

Java

Python

Remote datacenter management

Project management

Education

BSc./MSc. in Computer Science or equivalent work experience

Tools

OpenStack Ironic

Metal3

MAAS

Cloudstack

Job description

Senior Infrastructure Software Engineer (Provisioning) - Apple Services Engineering, London

London, England, United Kingdom Software and Services

Description

We are looking for a creative, versatile, and passionate systems engineer to join as a member of Fleet Management’s Provisioning team. This team builds the systems that automate server lifecycle management across Apple’s global data centers — turning raw hardware into ready-for-production resources that scale with Apple’s needs. You will have a tremendous amount of individual responsibility and influence over the direction the core platform of many critical Apple internet services takes for years to come. You are someone who can investigate, diagnose, remediate and automate low-level system failures in the server provisioning path. Your engineering will impact hundreds of millions of users and be essential to the success of some of the most visible current and future Apple features.The successful candidate must have experience in software development, server management, and hardware failure. They must have experience driving projects or small teams to deliver on time and in fast-changing environments. They must have some experience working across multiple timezones to deliver and launch production-changing projects.

Minimum Qualifications

• Successful track-record and proven experience as a backend internet services software engineer in a high-level language such as Golang (preferred), C++, Java or Python or equivalent.
• Solid understanding of real hardware failures across multiple server components
• Solid understanding of remote datacenter management
• Proven track record driving large projects within software development teams, with experience delivering infrastructure platforms

Preferred Qualifications

• BSc./MSc. in Computer Science-related field, or equivalent work experience of more than 5 years.
• Experience with DHCPv4 and DHCPv6, BIOS/UEFI and PXE
• Experience with high-performance GPU concepts such as RDMA, RoCE and HPC concepts more broadly.
• Experience with large scale server orchestration (OpenStack Ironic, Metal3, MAAS, xCat, Netbox, Tinkerbell, Cloudstack)