Darwin Server Engineer: Cloud & OS Foundations

Socket.dev; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking an engineer for the Darwin Server team to advance server and cloud technologies used in Apple operating systems. You will work on packaging, cloud integrations, observability, and security features for Private Cloud Compute.

You’ll participate in all stages of development, collaborate with client teams, and partner with Apple tech owners to enable server deployments across the platform.

Qualifications

• Experience with UNIX-like systems and OS fundamentals.
• Strong understanding of OS architecture and systems programming.
• Proficient in Swift, C, Rust, or Go (Swift preferred).
• Familiar with cloud provisioning/orchestration (cloud-init, Kubernetes) and packaging (OCI).
• Experience building system daemons/services and designing APIs.
• BS/MS in CS or equivalent knowledge and experience.

Responsibilities

• Participate in all phases of the software development cycle: problem definition, design, implementation, testing, and debugging.
• Work with client teams to build features required for Darwin to meet development and product needs.
• Partner with Apple technology owners to enable their tech for server environments.
• Engage cross-functionally to drive technical change across Apple.

Skills

UNIX-like systems

OS architecture

Swift

C

Rust

Go

Cloud provisioning

APIs design

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

launchd

OpenTelemetry

Kubernetes

OCI/containers

Job description

Apple is seeking an engineer for the Darwin Server team to advance server and cloud technologies used in Apple operating systems. You will work on packaging, cloud integrations, observability, and security features for Private Cloud Compute.

You’ll participate in all stages of development, collaborate with client teams, and partner with Apple tech owners to enable server deployments across the platform.