Senior Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering, Kubernetes

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$142,300–$263,300 / yr
Posted
44 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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This role $203k
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About Apple Inc

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, Kubernetes

Senior Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering - Kubernetes joins the ASE Compute team to build and enhance Kubernetes clusters and associated infrastructure that scale to meet the demands of Apple’s services offerings. This role involves developing features for container orchestration, improving service scalability and performance, and evolving architecture to support growth while ensuring smooth operations. The engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams and SRE partners to triage production issues and engage with the upstream community to drive requirements. Key responsibilities include optimizing GPU usage and managing related networking and scheduling infrastructure. The ideal candidate is highly proficient in Golang and possesses extensive experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems and core components of Kubernetes. This role focuses on providing the foundational infrastructure necessary to deliver high-availability applications at scale to end users.

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What you'll do

  • Build and enhance Kubernetes clusters and infrastructure to meet global scale demands.
  • Develop features for container orchestration and efficient GPU usage within Kubernetes.
  • Improve the scalability, availability, and performance of services centered around Kubernetes.
  • Evolve system design and architecture to support growth while ensuring smooth operations.
  • Engage with the upstream community to drive Apple's specific requirements for core components.
  • Partner with SRE teams to triage, investigate, and remediate production issues.
  • Develop large-scale distributed systems using Golang.

What we're looking for

  • A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent related experience is required.
  • Candidates must have at least 5 years of relevant experience.
  • Experience building and scaling core components of Kubernetes or similar orchestration systems is required.
  • Proficiency in Golang is required.
  • Experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems is required.
  • Experience with enabling GPUs and related networking/scheduling infrastructure on Kubernetes clusters is preferred.
  • Ability to drive a project from an initial idea through to production is preferred.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills for collaborating with multidisciplinary teams are preferred.

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