Senior Network Software Engineer

JobCubby; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking an experienced software engineer to join the Core Backbone and Internet networking team. You will design and develop scalable core network applications for our global edge and backbone infrastructure, delivering reliability at massive scale.

You will collaborate across disciplines to build services from scratch, contribute to distributed systems, and craft high-performance, fault-tolerant software using modern languages and frameworks.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in Python, Django and Go (Golang) is strongly preferred.
• Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL and MySQL.
• Strong background in building and maintaining RESTful APIs.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable core network applications for Apple’s global edge and backbone infrastructure.
• Collaborate across disciplines to build fault-tolerant services for massive scale.
• Contribute to distributed systems, high-performance analytics, and operating-system-level considerations.
• Maintain and improve RESTful APIs and CI/CD pipelines for reliability and deployment efficiency.

Skills

Python

Django

Golang

RESTful APIs

CI/CD

Distributed systems

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Linux

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Networking protocols

Job description

Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each other’s ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It’s the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, you’ll do more than join something — you’ll add something.

Description

You will be part of the software development team focusing on hyper-scaled Core Backbone & Internet networking. As a member you will design and develop new applications for building highly scalable core network of Apple. The goal is to delivery scale and reliability to our Global network covering edge and backbone core. These tools defining the Core platform will be built drawing expertise from cross-disciplinary areas including large scale distributed systems, fault-tolerant systems, concurrent systems, operating systems and high performance analytics. If you are passionate about innovating and building systems from scratch for massive scale, then our team might be the right place for you.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Expert level of proficiency with modern programming languages and frameworks. Such as Python/Django/Golang are strongly preferred.
• Strong experience on relational databases such as Postgres, MySql
• Strong software engineering background with experience with building/maintaining RESTful APIs
• Strong experience in using CI/CD tools and techniques

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong experience with Linux system administration
• Experience with application containerization technologies (Docker, Kube)
• Experience operating and developing infrastructure and services in cloud platforms
• Understanding of centralized configuration management and provisioning technologies, such as Ansible, Puppet, Chef etc. a plus
• Understanding of network protocols such as (BGP, MPLS)
• Familiarity in network monitoring protocols (Netflow, SNMP etc)Experience network protocols such as (TCP/IP, TLS, HTTP, UDP,DNS)
• Solid understanding of network operating systems such as (i.e. Junos, IOS, EOS) is a plus