Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering

Apple Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 308,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Employee stock programs

Education expense reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a Senior/Staff Software Engineer for the Apple Services Engineering team in Seattle, WA. You will help build and optimize Kubernetes-based platforms that power iCloud, Siri, Maps, and other services at scale.

You’ll work on core Kubernetes components, improve availability, and collaborate with SRE and cross‑functional teams to deliver reliable infrastructure for millions of users.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering-related field or equivalent related experience.
• 5+ years of experience in distributed systems, container orchestration, or cloud infrastructure engineering.
• 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

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

Kubernetes

Golang

Distributed systems

Container orchestration

Cloud infrastructure

Upstream collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in engineering-related field

Tools

Kueue

Yunikorn

CI/CD

Job description

Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering

Seattle, Washington, United States Software and Services

People at Apple don’t just build products — they craft the kind of experience that has revolutionized entire industries. The diverse collection of our people and their ideas inspire innovation in everything we do. Imagine what you could do here! Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. The Apple Service Engineering(ASE) team builds and provides systems and infrastructure that power Apple’s services (such as iCloud, iTunes, Siri, and Maps). We are the foundation on which Apple’s software developers build the products that our customers love. Our services have to scale globally, stay highly available, and "just work." If you love designing, engineering, and running systems and infrastructure that will help millions of customers, then this is the place for you! Apple Service Engineering (ASE)’s Compute team is seeking an experienced software engineer to build and enhance the way teams across Apple deploy their workloads on Kubernetes clusters. You will work with world-class engineers on core components of Kubernetes with an emphasis on controllers and infrastructure to optimize efficiency while engaging with the upstream community to drive Apple’s requirements. Ultimately, you will help build the platform that delivers our applications at scale to our end users.

Description

• 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

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering-related field, or equivalent related experience.
• 5+ years of experience in distributed systems, container orchestration, or cloud infrastructure engineering.
• 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
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively collaborate with multidisciplinary teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to drive a project from a simple idea to production
• Ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $175,000 and $308,500, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

You’ll also receive benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• retirement benefits
• a range of discounted products and free services
• reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition

Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant

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Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.