Senior Software Engineer, Compute

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$175,000–$308,500 / yr
Posted
8 days ago
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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, Compute

The Senior Software Engineer - Compute joins the Apple Service Engineering Compute team to build and enhance infrastructure powering global services. In this role, you will design and implement solutions for VM orchestration and bare metal provisioning within highly distributed environments. Daily responsibilities include operating, monitoring, and triaging production compute environments, automating deployment processes, and developing AI-assisted tools to accelerate operational workflows and triage. You will work with core components of the Cloud Platform to ensure services scale effectively. Required technical skills include proficiency in Go or Python, experience with OpenStack, KVM/hypervisor technologies, and Kubernetes, alongside expertise in Infrastructure as Code tools like Chef, Ansible, or Terraform. You will solve complex problems regarding large-scale multi-tenant infrastructure and distributed unix systems.

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What you'll do

  • Design and implement solutions for VM orchestration and bare metal provisioning in distributed environments.
  • Operate, monitor, and triage all aspects of production and non-production compute environments.
  • Automate the deployment and orchestration of compute infrastructure and other routine processes.
  • Participate in on-call rotations to troubleshoot and resolve production issues to minimize downtime.
  • Develop AI-assisted tools to accelerate triage, operational workflows, and infrastructure tooling.
  • Prepare alert handling procedures and runbooks for SRE teams.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, an engineering-related field, or equivalent related experience.
  • Advanced Degree (preferred).
  • 7+ years in a Site Reliability Engineering Infrastructure focused role.
  • Strong experience building and scaling cloud infrastructure and large-scale distributed systems.
  • Experience with OpenStack, KVM/hypervisor technologies, and Kubernetes.
  • Highly proficient in Go or Python.
  • Experienced with highly distributed unix systems.
  • Expert-level proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools like Chef, Ansible, or Terraform (preferred).

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