Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Systems

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Cupertino, CA
Salary
$150,400–$277,600 / yr
Posted
9 days ago
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role $214k
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This role pays more than 63% of similar roles. Most pay $163,165–$222,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $214k versus about $193k for comparable roles.

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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, Distributed Systems

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As a Senior Software Engineer on our distributed systems team at Apple, you will play a crucial role in developing high-performance infrastructure that enhances productivity for other engineers. Your day-to-day responsibilities include building and operating distributed services, 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 familiarize yourself with Kubernetes and other large-scale infrastructure systems. The ideal candidate has a strong background in distributed storage, observability, reliability, and cloud services, along with the ability to debug OS-level issues and support new technologies efficiently. This role offers an opportunity to tackle complex challenges at Apple scale while contributing to innovative solutions that impact millions of users globally.

Skills

Go Rust Scala Kubernetes Docker CI/CD Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL Redis AWS Azure Google Cloud Platform Git Jenkins Python JavaScript React Node.js REST GraphQL

What you'll do

  • Design and implement high-performance distributed services and tooling.
  • Drive the scalability and resilience of backend systems.
  • Optimize system performance through algorithm design and testing.
  • Take ownership of critical components for Apple's success.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to refine requirements and solutions.

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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