Sr Software Engineer, Infrastructure Services

Apple Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Relocation assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Apple Inc. in the San Francisco Bay Area seeks a Sr Software Engineer for Infrastructure Services to design, build and operate scalable, reliable systems for Apple's global cloud infrastructure.

You will work on distributed services supporting data centers, compute, storage and networking, collaborating with cross-functional teams to evolve our core platforms and deliver high-availability solutions at massive scale.

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in software development with focus on cloud-native infrastructure, networking, or systems programming.
• Strong proficiency in GoLang, C or Python with emphasis on GoLang as primary.
• Solid understanding of concurrency patterns and high-performance coding.
• Deep knowledge of L3/L4 networking (IPv4/IPv6, dual-stack, Routing, IPAM, NAT), DNS, and traffic steering.
• Experience debugging production cloud networking issues using metrics, flow logs and packet analysis tools (tcpdump, Wireshark).
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate scalable, reliable services for Apple’s cloud infrastructure.
• Contribute to architectural design, data structures, and APIs for microservices.
• Diagnose and resolve production networking issues across cloud environments.

Skills

GoLang

C/C++

Python

Networking

Concurrency

Cloud networking

Troubleshooting

Cross-functional

Tools

Open vSwitch

iptables

nftables

eBPF

tcpdump

Wireshark

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Sr Software Engineer, Infrastructure Services

San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States Software and Services

Do you want to help build some of the largest and most consequential enterprise and customer technology systems in the world? Join Apple's Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) organization. IS&T is the engine behind everything Apple does for customers and for the people who build for them. It's Apple's central nervous system. Supporting 2.5 billion active Apple devices, processing billions of secure transactions, and keeping the technology that defines modern life running flawlessly, IS&T makes the impossible feel effortless."Do you love building solutions to handle global complexity and immense scale? Imagine what you could do here.Infrastructure Services is part of IS&T and the foundation of Apple's global network operations - managing data center equipment and systems to deliver compute, storage, and networking services for teams across Apple, including its internal developer community. From individual facilities to a worldwide network, Infrastructure Services ensures the technology underneath everything works without question.

Description

We're looking for passionate folks who love building super-scalable, reliable, and user-friendly systems to support one of the world's biggest cloud infrastructures. You'll be designing, building, and running new services that help lead virtualized networks, computing, and storage. Working at our global scale brings some unique and tough challenges that require us to come up with radical innovations. These services are built using skills from different areas, like distributed systems, user experience, and modular and resilient programming. If you're excited about innovating and building systems from scratch for the massive scale of our infrastructure, then our team might be the perfect place for you!

Responsibilities

• Technical Skills: Proficiency in Java, C++, Go, scripting languages, Git, and configuration management systems.
• Architectural Expertise: Experience in building scalable services, architectural design, data structures, algorithms, microservice architectures, and APIs.
• Problem-Solving and Communication: Strong organizational and communication skills, the ability to prioritize tasks, deliver on bold deadlines, and drive closures, and the ability to prioritize and debug production issues.

Minimum Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in software development, with a strong focus on cloud-native infrastructure, network automation, or systems programming.
• Strong proficiency in GoLang, C or python with a willingness to work primarily in GoLang.
• A solid understanding of concurrency patterns and writing high-performance code.
• Deep working knowledge of L3/L4 networking - IPv4/IPv6, dual-stack, Routing, IPAM, NAT,
• DNS, implementations.
• Strong understanding of traffic steering, policy-based routing, and stateful connection tracking.
• Strong experience troubleshooting network connectivity and routing issues directly within cloud environments using cloud metrics, flow logs, and packet analysis tools (e.g., tcpdump,
• Wireshark).
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience managing cloud provider networking resources programmatically via APIs/SDKs, or automating infrastructure deployments (Terraform or AWS CloudFormation) within AWS or GCP environments.
• Experience working with Linux network virtualization constructs (network namespaces, iptables/nftables, eBPF, routing tables), or developing network virtual appliances.
• Hands-on experience with packet-forwarding data paths (Open vSwitch/OVS), switching fabrics, or network security technologies.
• Proven experience building test automation frameworks specifically designed to validate network infrastructure, alongside implementing CI/CD pipelines

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 $150,400 and $277,600, 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.

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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