CI/CD Systems Engineer — AI-Driven DevTools

Apple, Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple, Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Systems Software Developer to design, build, and optimize CI/CD pipelines, automate workflows, and deliver robust infrastructure for large-scale projects. You will contribute to low-level software, build tooling, and analytics to improve engineering throughput.

You will collaborate across teams, develop internal tools, and align with Apple’s stack including Xcode and Swift. A strong focus on reliability and observability drives this role.

Qualifications

• BS or equivalent in CS or related field required.
• 3+ years designing, building, and maintaining production software systems.
• Experience building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automated workflows.
• Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL in production.
• Demonstrated use of AI engineering tools in development.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automated workflows with a focus on reliability, traceability, and data analytics.
• Develop instrumentation and reporting systems that surface build health, test failure trends, and developer productivity metrics.
• Debug and resolve failures across build, test, and deployment infrastructure; improve signal-to-noise across CI reporting.
• Identify and drive adoption of AI-assisted and agentic workflows to accelerate development and validation cycles
• Collaborate with engineering teams to inform project structure, dependency architecture, and build/test capabilities
• Build and maintain internal tools and APIs that integrate with Apple's engineering stack, including Xcode and Swift-based workflows
• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate system requirements into robust, maintainable infrastructure, processes, and workflows

Skills

Production systems

Python

Shell scripting

Swift

Xcode

CI/CD

AI engineering tools

Communication

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree (BS)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

Buildkite

CMake

PostgreSQL

Job description

Apple, Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Systems Software Developer to design, build, and optimize CI/CD pipelines, automate workflows, and deliver robust infrastructure for large-scale projects. You will contribute to low-level software, build tooling, and analytics to improve engineering throughput.

You will collaborate across teams, develop internal tools, and align with Apple’s stack including Xcode and Swift. A strong focus on reliability and observability drives this role.