Senior Kubernetes Engineer: Build Scalable Cloud Services

Apple Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 309,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock programs

Discretionary bonuses

Relocation assistance

Educational reimbursement

Medical and dental coverage

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking a Senior/Staff Software Engineer to help build and scale Kubernetes-based infrastructure for Apple Services Engineering.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deploy workloads across Kubernetes clusters and enhance platform capabilities that power iCloud, Maps, Siri, and more. The role emphasizes designing scalable, highly available systems, owning end-to-end technical decisions, and engaging with upstream communities to meet Apple’s

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering-related field, or equivalent related experience.
• Strong experience with building and scaling core components of Kubernetes or similar orchestration systems.
• Experience with Kueue, Yunikorn or related technologies to increase efficiency of Kubernetes clusters preferred.
• Highly proficient in Golang.
• Track record of owning technical design end-to-end—from design docs and architecture tradeoffs through implementation and review.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Partner with teams across Apple to develop features and functionality that enable Kubernetes clusters to meet their needs around container orchestration.
• Improve the scalability, availability, and performance of our services centered around Kubernetes.
• Evolve the design and architecture to support continued growth while ensuring customer satisfaction and smooth operations.
• Partner with SRE to triage, investigate, and remediate production issues.

Skills

Golang

Kubernetes

End-to-end design ownership

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Kueue

YuniKorn

Job description

Apple Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking a Senior/Staff Software Engineer to help build and scale Kubernetes-based infrastructure for Apple Services Engineering.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deploy workloads across Kubernetes clusters and enhance platform capabilities that power iCloud, Maps, Siri, and more. The role emphasizes designing scalable, highly available systems, owning end-to-end technical decisions, and engaging with upstream communities to meet Apple’s