Senior Network Software Engineer: Core Backbone Architect

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 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.