Data Plane Engineer: Ultra-Low-Latency Networking

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

Job summary

Apple Inc. in San Francisco, CA is seeking a Software Engineer for Infrastructure Services (Data Plane) to design, build, and operate ultra-fast packet processing systems powering Apple’s cloud-scale network infrastructure.

You will work on dataplane architecture, high-performance coding, and API design, collaborating with control plane teams to deliver scalable, reliable services at global scale. Strong systems programming skills required.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in systems programming languages (C++, Go, or C) with Python as a valued addition.
• Solid CS fundamentals: advanced data structures, algorithms, memory management and concurrency.
• Deep knowledge of Networking Fundamentals and dataplane internals, TCP/IP, QoS, and packet processing.

Responsibilities

• Dataplane Architecture & Development: design and optimize high-throughput, low-latency packet processing systems.
• System Design & High-Performance Coding: build modular, resilient, and performant systems.
• Control Plane Integration: develop APIs (gRPC, REST) for state distribution and policy enforcement.
• Operational Excellence & Incident Triage: debug production issues with telemetry and logs.
• Automation & Delivery: use CI/CD, Git workflows, and config management for rapid releases.

Skills

C/C++/Go

Networking fundamentals

APIs (REST/gRPC)

Concurrency

System design

Troubleshooting

Tools

Git

DPDK/XDP

Kernel bypass

Job description

Apple Inc. in San Francisco, CA is seeking a Software Engineer for Infrastructure Services (Data Plane) to design, build, and operate ultra-fast packet processing systems powering Apple’s cloud-scale network infrastructure.

You will work on dataplane architecture, high-performance coding, and API design, collaborating with control plane teams to deliver scalable, reliable services at global scale. Strong systems programming skills required.