ASE Observability

Socket.dev; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking enthusiastic developers to join the ASE Observability team in Seattle. You will design, build, and operate core observability platforms that help engineers monitor, debug, and optimize infrastructure at scale.

The role focuses on distributed tracing, logging, and profiling, with opportunities to mentor others and lead independent research in observability. You will collaborate across cross-functional teams to deliver practical, high-performance solutions for millions of Apple

Qualifications

• Experience designing, implementing and supporting highly scalable infrastructure services.
• 5 to 15 years of industry experience in backend distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of core CS concepts including data structures, algorithms, and concurrent programming.
• Strong attention to detail and excellent analytical capabilities.
• Passion for developing and testing clear, robust code.
• Ability to learn and apply new technologies and frameworks.
• Great communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Requirement gathering across cross functional teams.
• Developing practical, fault-tolerant high-performance distributed systems.
• Leading and participating in technical design discussions across cross functional teams.
• Gain in-depth understanding of the observability domain and come up with creative ideas in the domain.
• Willingness to lead an independent research in the field of work.
• Mentor other engineers in the team.
• Contribute ideas to move faster, be more creative, and deliver tools and ideas to empower developers around the world.
• Challenge the status quo, to care about the details, the end user, and how it all comes together.

Skills

Distributed systems

Backend development

Data structures

Algorithms

Concurrency

Code quality

Communication

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

OpenTelemetry

OSS tools

Kubernetes

Job description

The ASE Observability team is responsible for designing, building, and operating the core observability platforms that enable engineering organizations at Apple to monitor, debug, and optimize infrastructure and systems at scale.

We develop platform solutions that provide comprehensive visibility into application performance, system health, and operational metrics across the entire technology stack. We are on a journey to continue building our next-generation observability platform with new capabilities like Distributed Tracing, Logging and Continuous profiling.

Description

• Requirement gathering across cross functional teams
• Developing practical, fault-tolerant high-performance distributed systems
• Leading and participating in technical design discussions across cross functional teams
• Gain in-depth understanding of the observability domain and come up with creative ideas in the domain
• Willingness to lead an independent research in the field of work
• Mentor other engineers in the team
• You will have the courage and experience to be frank and ambitious but humble enough to listen to others
• We want your thoughts on how we can move faster, be more creative, and deliver tools and ideas to empower developers around the world
• We expect you to challenge the status quo, to care about the details, the end user, and how it all comes together

We are looking for enthusiastic developers to join as a member of this collaborative and friendly team. You should be someone with ideas and passion for software delivered as a service to maximize reuse, efficiency, and simplicity. Your work will impact millions of Apple users and is necessary to the success of some of the most visible current and future features.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience and insight into designing, implementing and supporting highly scalable infrastructure services
• 5 to 15 years of industry experience in building and maintaining backend distributed systems
• Deep understanding of core computer science concepts including data structures, algorithms, and concurrent programming
• Strong attention to detail and excellent analytical capabilities
• Passion for developing and testing clear, robust code
• Ability to learn and apply new technologies and frameworks
• Great communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Having built Observability platforms at scale previously is a strong plus
• Familiarity with OpenTelemetry and OSS tools in the Observability space
• Proficiency in one of Java, Rust is desirable
• Familiarity with Kubernetes on Linux is a plus
• BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field