Staff Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering, iCloud Platform

Socket.dev; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 240,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking Software Engineers to contribute to the development of the next generation of cloud services infrastructure. You will be working on critical components of iCloud and introducing new fundamental capabilities that enable apps like CloudKit, FaceTime, and PushNotifications.

You will join world-class teams dedicated to privacy guarantees for over a billion users, designing, building, and growing the foundational privacy-focused platform that underpins Apple's signature services.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience designing, implementing, and operating highly scalable distributed systems.
• Experience with Java, Swift, C/C++, or Go.
• Experience in performance benchmarking, debugging, and tuning distributed systems.
• Experience in cloud deployment and observability technologies, such as Kubernetes.
• Bachelor's Degree in an engineering-related field or equivalent related experience.

Skills

Distributed systems

Java

Swift

C/C++

Go

Performance benchmarking

Debugging

Cloud deployment

Kubernetes

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering-related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Apple is seeking Software Engineers to contribute to the development of the next generation of cloud services infrastructure. You will be working on critical components of iCloud and introducing new fundamental capabilities. Your contributions will enable the development of entirely new applications and the scaling of existing ones, such as CloudKit, FaceTime, and PushNotifications, which serve as the foundation for products like iCloud Photos, Drive, and Backup. This is your chance to put a dent in the Universe. You will work with world-class teams who have a real passion for engineering and delivering features that maintain strong privacy guarantees to end users.

Description

As a high-leverage team, we are responsible for designing, building, and growing Apple’s foundational privacy-focused platform. This platform enables many of Apple’s signature applications and experiences and has a significant impact on over a billion users. Our work is crucial to the success of Apple’s growth in the services sector.

Minimum Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional experience designing, implementing, and operating highly scalable distributed systems
• Industry experience with programming languages such as Java, Swift, C/C++, or Go
• Experience in performance benchmarking, debugging, and tuning distributed systems
• Experience in cloud deployment and observability technologies, such as Kubernetes
• Bachelor's Degree in an engineering-related field or equivalent related experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills, able to build relationships with diverse groups of people
• Experienced in managing technical and organizational complexity, able to drive a project from a simple idea to production
• Adept at approaching problems from a position of curiosity, working with flexibility to find innovative solutions
• Understanding of cryptographic protocols, data encryption, secure key management, and security architecture