Senior Software Engineer - Architecture & Distributed Systems

Apple Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 142,000 - 263,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & dental

Retirement plan

Stock options

Education reimbursement

Bonuses & relocation

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Architecture Team. You will design and optimize distributed systems and cloud infrastructure powering Services such as App Store, Apple TV+, and Apple Music.

You will work with architects to improve performance, scalability, and reliability at massive scale, developing services in Java/Swift and contributing to APIs, libraries, and tooling. Strong CS fundamentals and cloud experience are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on server-side development experience.
• Proficiency in Java with a solid understanding of the JVM, plus flexibility to work across other major languages.
• Experience with distributed systems, including building and maintaining highly available, scalable services.
• Hands-on experience with cloud native technologies and public/private cloud platforms, including deployment, monitoring, and container orchestration with Kubernetes.
• Experience designing and maintaining APIs and libraries, with familiarity in dependency management, build processes, and CI/CD.
• Ability to analyze and tune applications for performance, efficiency, and cost optimization, including experience with monitoring and log analytics tools.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science (or equivalent fields), with strong fundamentals in algorithms and data structures, and excellent written/verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize distributed systems and cloud infrastructure powering mission-critical services.
• Collaborate with architects to improve performance, scalability, and reliability at scale.
• Develop services in Java/Swift and contribute to APIs, libraries, and tooling.
• Build tools that empower teams to analyze architectural improvements at scale.
• Communicate complex architectural concepts clearly across teams.

Skills

Java

JVM

Distributed systems

Cloud native

Kubernetes

APIs

CI/CD

Performance

Cost optimization

Communication

Algorithms & data structures

Education

CS degree

Tools

Java

Swift Server

Go

Python

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Apple Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Architecture Team. You will design and optimize distributed systems and cloud infrastructure powering Services such as App Store, Apple TV+, and Apple Music.

You will work with architects to improve performance, scalability, and reliability at massive scale, developing services in Java/Swift and contributing to APIs, libraries, and tooling. Strong CS fundamentals and cloud experience are essential.