Senior Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering, iCloud Platform

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$175,000–$308,500 / yr
Posted
141 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

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This role $242k
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Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company known for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, software, and online services, including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and App Store. Industry: Consumer Electronics & Software

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering, iCloud Platform

Senior Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering, iCloud Platform will join the team responsible for designing, building, and growing a foundational privacy-focused platform. This role involves developing critical components of iCloud infrastructure to introduce new capabilities that support services like CloudKit, FaceTime, and PushNotifications. Day-to-day responsibilities include partnering with cross-functional teams to develop features, improving service scalability, availability, and performance, while evolving architecture to support growth and collaborating with SREs to remediate production issues. The role requires expertise in distributed systems, performance benchmarking, and debugging. Candidates should possess experience with programming languages such as Java, Swift, C/C++, or Go, along with knowledge of Kubernetes and observability technologies. Additionally, the position involves managing technical complexity and utilizing skills in cryptographic protocols, data encryption, secure key management, and security architecture to maintain strong privacy guarantees for end users.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?

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What you'll do

  • Develop and maintain critical components of the iCloud platform infrastructure.
  • Build features that support new experiences across the Apple ecosystem.
  • Improve the scalability, availability, and performance of cloud services.
  • Evolve system design and architecture to support continuous growth.
  • Triage, investigate, and remediate production issues in coordination with SRE teams.
  • Implement privacy-focused features for high-traffic services like CloudKit and FaceTime.
  • Manage technical complexity to drive projects from initial concept to production.

What we're looking for

  • 7+ 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.
  • Experience in cloud deployment and observability technologies, such as Kubernetes.
  • Bachelor's Degree in an engineering-related field or equivalent related experience.
  • Understanding of cryptographic protocols, data encryption, secure key management, and security architecture.
  • Ability to manage technical and organizational complexity to drive projects from idea to production.
  • Excellent communication skills to build relationships with diverse groups of people.

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