CloudKit Infrastructure Engineering Lead: Scale & Reliability

Apple Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 226,000 - 338,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager for CloudKit in Seattle. You will own the vision and roadmap for core CloudKit components, guiding data consistency, recovery, and self-healing.

Lead a team across distributed databases and cloud-native infrastructure, partnering with SRE and solutions engineering to ensure scalable, secure systems. You will mentor engineers, drive architectural directions, and oversee release practices to maintain high availability and performance at

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering with 3+ years in leadership.
• Experience building and operating large-scale, multi-tenant distributed systems.
• Ability to manage multiple complex priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Bachelor's degree in CS, SWE, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical vision and roadmap for CloudKit core components.
• Lead architectural decisions and guide data consistency and recovery.
• Oversee delivery, test practices, and release processes for reliability.
• Mentor and grow engineering leaders within iCloud.
• Collaborate with SRE and solutions engineering for seamless integration.
• Foster transparency, mentorship, and rigorous engineering culture.

Skills

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Java

C

C++

NoSQL databases

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

FoundationDB/DynamoDB/Cassandra

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Netty

gRPC

Temporal

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Apple is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager for CloudKit in Seattle. You will own the vision and roadmap for core CloudKit components, guiding data consistency, recovery, and self-healing.

Lead a team across distributed databases and cloud-native infrastructure, partnering with SRE and solutions engineering to ensure scalable, secure systems. You will mentor engineers, drive architectural directions, and oversee release practices to maintain high availability and performance at