Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Cupertino, CA
Salary
$147,400–$272,100 / yr
Posted
44 days ago

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This role $210k
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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

Apple Inc currently has 638 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems

As a Senior Software Engineer on our distributed systems team, you will play a crucial role in developing high-performance infrastructure that enhances productivity for other engineers at Apple. Your day-to-day responsibilities include engineering distributed services and tooling, collaborating with cross-functional teams to refine requirements and implement scalable solutions, and driving the scalability, resiliency, and performance of critical components. You will work with strongly typed languages like Go or Rust, and leverage Kubernetes and other large-scale infrastructure systems to optimize system performance through algorithm design and testing. This role requires a deep understanding of distributed storage, observability, reliability, and cloud services, as well as the ability to debug OS-level issues efficiently in a dynamic environment.

What you'll do

  • Design and implement high-performance distributed services and tooling.
  • Drive the scalability, resiliency, and performance of critical systems.
  • Own components essential to Apple's operational success.
  • Optimize system performance through advanced algorithm design.
  • Scale services to handle increasing problem sizes efficiently.
  • Enhance service operability using metrics and log data analysis.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Expertise in high-performance, strongly typed languages like Go, Rust, Scala
  • Proven experience building and operating distributed systems
  • Knowledge of large infrastructure systems such as Kubernetes
  • Strong interest in distributed storage, observability, reliability, and cloud services
  • Ability to work across different levels of the stack, including OS-level debugging

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