Senior Software Engineer

Apple Technical Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple in London is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build and improve libraries and SDKs for large-scale, mission-critical services in Swift.

You will influence platform direction, collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams across Apple, and contribute to high-performance server-side systems across cloud and iOS/macOS SDK domains. Strong engineering skills and effective communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience building libraries and SDKs for distributed systems.
• Strong communication and collaboration across multi-functional teams.
• Experience with Swift and server-side development.

Responsibilities

• Build and improve libraries and SDKs for large-scale services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across Apple.
• Help define, implement, and deliver platform features.

Skills

Swift

Java

Python

C/C++

Server-side

Distributed systems

Asynchronous programming

Networking protocols

Tools

eBPF

DPDK

io_uring

Job description

Senior Software Engineer

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, great ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job, and there’s no telling what you could accomplish.

Our Swift Server Networking team is responsible for building libraries and frameworks which form the foundations of mission-critical systems at Apple. We write software in the Swift programming language and specialise in frameworks for distributed systems. Much of the software we produce is published as open source (such as SwiftNIO and gRPC Swift), as we firmly believe in growing a strong community. This, combined with our drive to create amazing products, makes the team a truly exciting place to work.

We’re a collection of highly skilled and friendly engineers who value each other’s opinions and experience. We strive for excellence and believe strongly in the quality of our output. We have built a team of domain experts who specialise in specific core subject areas, and also have broad experience of cloud software services and platforms.

You will have significant responsibilities in building and improving libraries and SDKs for running large-scale, mission-critical services in Swift. You will have the chance to influence the direction of the platform and collaborate with multi-functional teams across Apple to help define, implement, and deliver functionality to help build the next generation of Apple Services.

Our work takes us across multiple domains, from cloud services to iOS and macOS SDK development. The common thread for all of our development is a focus on the Swift programming language. If you have experience in any of these areas, you can hit the ground running, but we believe that great engineers can learn these skills on the job.

Successful candidates will have strong engineering skills and communication, as well as the ability to build relationships and collaborate across the company. You will have a real passion for quality, technical excellence, and an ability to understand complex systems. If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you.

• Experience with standard software engineering tooling and workflows, including version control and code review
• Strong proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Java, Python, Swift, C/C++)
• Strong large-scale server-side development experience
• Experience navigating ambiguity and leading initiatives or workstreams
• A willingness to jump in and tackle new problems
• Expertise in library design/API evolution
• Asynchronous/streaming programming experience (e.g. Reactive Streams, Dispatch, Combine, or similar)
• Experience with implementing, debugging, and scaling network protocols.
• Experience with modern high-performance Linux networking technologies, including some or all of eBPF (with or without XDP), DPDK, and io_uring.
• Familiar with QUIC and some of its extensions.
• Familiar with modern cryptography, including an understanding of the major categories of cryptographic primitives, how to safely use them, and what to avoid.
• Quality focus - produce reliable, maintainable, deliverable software
• Comfortable diving deep - working across multiple levels of abstraction
• Good at managing relationships & communication - collaborates well with colleagues across a wide range of functions

At Apple, we’re not all the same. And that’s our greatest strength. We draw on the differences in who we are, what we’ve experienced and how we think. Because to create products that serve everyone, we believe in including everyone. Therefore, we are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equally.

As a registered Disability Confident employer, we will work with applicants to make any reasonable accommodations.

Apple will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal backgrounds in a manner consistent with applicable law.

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