Data Plane Software Engineer – Scalable Infra

Apple, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Employee stock programs

Tuition reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple, Inc. in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a Software Engineer for Infrastructure Services (Data Plane) to design and operate high-throughput, low-latency packet processing systems powering Apple’s cloud and networking services.

You will build scalable dataplane components, collaborate across teams, and contribute to API design with gRPC/REST. A strong background in C/C++, networking, and performance is essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in systems programming languages such as C++, Go, or C (experience with Java or Python valued).
• Solid foundation in CS fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, memory management, concurrency.
• Deep knowledge of networking fundamentals & dataplane internals: L2–L4, TCP/IP, MTU/MSS, QoS.

Responsibilities

• Dataplane architecture & development for high-throughput, low-latency packet processing.
• System design and high-performance coding leveraging efficient data structures and concurrency.
• Control plane integration with APIs (gRPC, REST) for state distribution and policy enforcement.
• Operational excellence and incident triage using telemetry, metrics, and logs.
• Automation & delivery using CI/CD and Git workflows.

Skills

C/C++/Go

Networking fundamentals

Data plane design

Concurrency

REST/gRPC APIs

Debugging production incidents

Communication

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Apple, Inc. in the San Francisco Bay Area is seeking a Software Engineer for Infrastructure Services (Data Plane) to design and operate high-throughput, low-latency packet processing systems powering Apple’s cloud and networking services.

You will build scalable dataplane components, collaborate across teams, and contribute to API design with gRPC/REST. A strong background in C/C++, networking, and performance is essential for this role.