Staff Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering, iCloud Platform

Apple Inc.; Cupertino, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 216,000 - 394,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California is seeking Software Engineers to contribute to the development of the next generation of cloud services infrastructure.

You will work on key components of iCloud and new capabilities that scale services like CloudKit, FaceTime, and PushNotifications, underpinning products such as iCloud Photos and Backup. Join a privacy‑focused platform team that designs, builds, and grows foundational services impacting over a billion users.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional experience designing, implementing, and operating highly scalable distributed systems.
• Experience with programming languages such as Java, Swift, C/C++, or Go.
• Experience in performance benchmarking, debugging, and tuning distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Partner with teams across Apple to develop features and functionality to enable new experiences in the Apple ecosystem.
• Improve the scalability, availability, and performance of our services.
• Evolve the design and architecture to support continued growth across multiple dimensions.
• Partner with SRE to triage, investigate, and remediate production issues.

Skills

Distributed systems

Java/Swift/C/C++/Go

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Cloud deployment

Job description

Cupertino, California, United States Software and Services

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.

Responsibilities

• Partner with teams across Apple to develop features and functionality to enable new experiences in the Apple ecosystem
• Improve the scalability, availability, and performance of our services
• Evolve the design and architecture to support continued growth across multiple dimensions
• Partner with SRE to triage, investigate, and remediate production issues

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

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 $216,200 and $394,000, 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

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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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