Senior Software Engineer - Tooling (Bazel)

Apple Inc.; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in London seeks a software developer to create and maintain solutions that enhance developer tooling. The ideal candidate will empathize with users, possess a growth mindset, and engage in collaborative team efforts. Experience with automation, CI/CD, and related technologies is highly valued. Join us to help drive innovation in software development practices.

Qualifications

• Understanding the needs of users to guide solutions.
• Experience with automation and tooling in software development.
• Advocacy for continuous integration and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain code for system solutions.
• Collaborate with partner teams to enhance tooling usage.
• Engage in the Bazel open source community.

Skills

Empathy for developers

Growth mindset

Curiosity about systems

Attention to detail

Ability to collaborate

Tools

Bazel

Gradle

Go

Java

Python

Job description

London, England, United Kingdom Software and Services

Description

This role is primarily focused on developing and delivering solutions by designing, writing, deploying, and maintaining code. Part of the role involves working closely with partner teams in order to help them make efficient use of the tooling and infrastructure we provide.The teams are primarily based in London (UK) and Cupertino (US), we are looking for London-based applicants.What we’re looking for• Empathy for the developers who will use the systems we produce.• Commitment to fostering an open and inclusive work environment.• Focus on understanding the underlying needs of the user, and letting that guide the solution.• Growth mindset and willingness to learn from and teach others.• Willingness to productively challenge assumptions.• Curiosity about how systems work and how they fail.• Detail oriented and proud of the work you deliver.• An ability to collaborate with teams who may be unfamiliar with build and CI tooling to help them get the most out of them.You don’t need to have experience with any or all of the following, we know that you can learn and grow on the job, but you can find in our Minimum Qualifications some of the things our team values and focuses on day-to-day.

Minimum Qualifications

• Appreciate automation and tooling, and believe that they play a critical role in software development.
• Advocate for continuous integration and continuous delivery.
• Have experience building tools for engineers, some of which may be backed by distributed systems at large scale.
• Want to participate in the Bazel open source community.

Preferred Qualifications

• Have used any of these technologies we tend to focus on:
• Build tools: Bazel, Gradle, Buildbarn.
• Languages: Starlark, Go, Java, Python, Rust, Bash.