Senior Software Engineer, ML Build & Release Quality - Private Cloud Computing

Socket.dev; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Service Engineering in Seattle seeks a Senior Software Release Engineer to drive test strategy, automation infrastructure, and validation for next-generation datacenter and Private Cloud Compute initiatives. You will shape how Apple builds, tests, and releases software across hardware and software stacks, collaborating with SOC, platform, and software teams.

In this high-visibility role, you lead end-to-end initiatives, own critical test architectures, and ensure performance at scale while

Qualifications

• 10+ years in release engineering and build infrastructure.
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience; MS or PhD a plus.
• Expertise with large-scale build systems and C++/Swift/Python toolchains.
• CI/CD at scale with cost, cache, and flake reduction; deadlines tied to OS or hardware launches.

Responsibilities

• Define test strategy and automation infrastructure for distributed systems.
• Validate novel compute platforms across hardware and software stack.
• Collaborate with hardware and platform teams to ensure reliability and scale.
• Lead technical initiatives end-to-end in a cross-functional setting.

Skills

Release engineering

Build infrastructure

CI/CD at scale

C++/Swift/Python toolchains

OS/hardware launches

Education

BS in Computer Science or equivalent

MS or PhD a plus

Job description

Apple Service Engineering is seeking an exceptional Senior Software Release Engineer to take on a high visibility, high impact role at the center of our next-generation datacenter and Private Cloud Compute initiatives. This is a role for a senior engineer who wants to define how world-class distributed systems are tested, validated, and scaled at one of the most ambitious infrastructure efforts in the industry. You will be a technical leader and key contributor to the foundation of Apple's future cloud architecture, working directly with the systems that power Apple Intelligence and Private Cloud Compute. You will drive critical testing and validation initiatives across highly performant, energy efficient platforms built on Apple Silicon, and will play a central role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and scalability of next-generation datacenter technology that reaches hundreds of millions of people.

Description

As a Senior Software Release Engineer on the Private Cloud Compute team, you will be responsible for driving the test strategy, automation infrastructure, and validation frameworks that underpin some of Apple's most critical and technically complex distributed systems. You will operate at the intersection of hardware and software, working across the full stack to ensure that next-generation datacenter technology is performant, reliable, and ready to scale. You will be expected to bring senior-level technical leadership to every initiative you own, from defining test architecture to driving resolution of the most complex system-level issues. You will collaborate directly with hardware and platform teams to validate novel compute platforms before they reach production and will build the tooling and automation infrastructure that enables the broader engineering organization to move with speed and confidence. In this highly collaborative and cross-functional role, you will partner with architecture teams, SOC architects, platform engineers, and software teams across Apple to adapt, validate, and scale software on novel compute platforms. If you are a senior engineer who thrives on solving hard problems, owning critical initiatives end-to-end, and building systems that have never been built before, this is the role for you.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10 or more years in release engineering, build infrastructure and production releasesBS in Computer Science or equivalent experience. MS or PhD a plus.Expertise with large-scale build systems and C++/Swift/Python toolchainsCI/CD at scale with sharp judgment on cost, cache, and flake reductionTrack record shipping on tight, non-negotiable deadlines tied to OS or hardware launches

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience validating ML or LLM workloads running on hardware accelerators such as GPUs, NPUs, or Apple Silicon in a cloud or datacenter environment.
• Familiarity with Apple development tools, Swift, or Objective-C.
• Experience building test infrastructure for systems at the hardware-software boundary, including firmware, drivers, or low-level platform software.
• Knowledge of energy efficiency and performance profiling techniques for high performance computing workloads.
• Experience contributing to or defining test strategy at an organizational level, not just within a single team or product area.
• Prior experience working in a private cloud, hyperscale datacenter, or edge compute environment.