Senior Software Engineer, Compute

Apple Inc

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On-site
Location
Cupertino, CA
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$184,700–$324,800 / yr
Posted
5 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday
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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

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The Senior Software Engineer - Compute joins the Apple Service Engineering Compute team to build and enhance compute infrastructure for global services. This role focuses on designing and implementing solutions for VM orchestration and bare metal provisioning within highly distributed environments. You will operate, monitor, and triage production compute environments while automating deployment and orchestration processes. Key responsibilities include preparing alert handling procedures, participating in on-call rotations, and leveraging AI-assisted automation to accelerate triage and infrastructure tooling. The position requires proficiency in Go or Python, along with experience in OpenStack, KVM/hypervisor technologies, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code tools like Chef, Ansible, or Terraform. You will solve complex problems related to scaling cloud infrastructure and managing large-scale multi-tenant infrastructure as a managed service.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

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Skills

Site Reliability Engineering Go Python Kubernetes Terraform Ansible Chef OpenStack KVM Hypervisor Infrastructure as Code Distributed Systems Unix VM Orchestration Bare Metal Provisioning

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 operations.
  • Prepare alert handling procedures and runbooks for SRE teams.
  • Build and scale cloud infrastructure and large-scale distributed systems.

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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