Software Engineer - Developer Productivity Engineering

Apple, Inc.; Seattle (WA); In loco; USD 142.000 - 263.000; Tempo pieno

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Descrizione del lavoro

Apple seeks a Software Engineer for Developer Productivity Engineering in Seattle, WA, to design and implement scalable cloud infrastructure and system software for next-generation data centers. The role emphasizes Docker-like container releases, OCI images, and cross-team collaboration while advancing performance and reliability across Apple cloud services.

The candidate will work with platform design, architecture, and software teams to build and maintain infrastructure, improve CI/CD, and

Competenze

• 4+ years of experience in software development and building cloud infrastructure.
• Experience with distributed systems and scalable software.
• Strong engineering skills in a configuration language (e.g., Pkl) including design and maintenance.
• Experience with Linux, systemd, cgroups, containers, and debugging user-space processes.
• Familiarity with cloud orchestration engines such as Kubernetes or Nomad.

Mansioni

• Design and operate secure, privacy-preserving software releases built on Docker-like containers using OCI images, runc, and Linux namespaces.
• Build tooling to manage container lifecycles across release environments.
• Contribute to architecture discussions, code reviews, and design documents.
• Improve automation and CI/CD across the deployment pipeline.
• Debug and resolve production issues in distributed cloud systems.
• Work cross-functionally to develop and integrate hardware, software, and services.
• Build and maintain the system infrastructure powering next-gen data centers.
• Ensure quality and agility through unit, integration, and performance tests.

Conoscenze

Cloud infrastructure

Distributed systems

Linux and containers

Kubernetes

Formazione

Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/CE or equivalent

Strumenti

Nomad

runc

eBPF

OCI images

Descrizione del lavoro

Software Engineer - Developer Productivity Engineering

Seattle, Washington, United States Software and Services

The Apple Cloud Engineering team is looking for an exceptional software engineer to build and integrate software to orchestrate workloads across highly performant and energy efficient systems that will power the next generation of data centers.In this highly collaborative role, you will be at the center of multiple efforts to utilize hardware acceleration for machine learning and high performance computing workloads. You will be part of a team that builds and maintains system software such as runtime libraries, frameworks, and daemons that will power the next generations of data centers. You will partner with teams across Apple to adapt, tailor, and scale software on a novel compute platform and will help to build the foundation of our future cloud architecture.We are looking for someone with proven mastery building and managing scalable, resilient systems. You should have a strong mix of education and practical experience with a real passion for diving head first into challenging problems.

Description

You will work cross-functionally with architecture, platform design and software teams to develop and integrate best in class hardware, software and services. You will be responsible for building and maintaining system infrastructure that powers next generation of data centers. You will ensure high quality and agility with unit tests, integration tests and performance tests.You’re a Great Fit If You:Have strong software design and programming skills.Are passionate about developing new features, maintaining existing code, and fixing bugs.Are a strong problem solver.Communicate clearly and enjoy collaborating with others.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate secure, privacy-preserving software releases built on Docker-like containers using OCI images, runc, and Linux namespaces.
• Build tooling to manage container lifecycles across release environments.
• Contribute to architecture discussions, code reviews, and design documents.
• Improve automation and CI/CD across the deployment pipeline.
• Debug and resolve production issues in distributed cloud systems.
• Work cross-functionally with architecture, platform design, and software teams to develop and integrate best-in-class hardware, software, and services.
• Build and maintain the system infrastructure that powers the next generation of data centers.
• Ensure quality and agility through unit, integration, and performance tests.

Minimum Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in software development, building and managing cloud infrastructure or distributed systems.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Strong engineering skills in Pkl or a similar configuration language, including design, testing, debugging, code review, and long-term maintainability.
• Knowledge of operating system architecture and low-level system components.
• Experience with cloud orchestration engines such as Kubernetes or Nomad.
• Track record of building, shipping, and operating production cloud services or infrastructure.
• Experience with Linux, including systemd, cgroups, containers, socket IPC, and, creating, running, and debugging user-space processes using tools such as eBPF.
• Clear written and verbal communication.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Swift, Objective-C, and Apple development tools.
• Familiarity with OCI image and runtime specs, runc, Linux namespaces, cgroups, and overlay filesystems.

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 $142,300 and $263,300, 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, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, 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.

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