Senior Software Engineer, Observability Solutions

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Salary: $216,200–$324,800 / yr
Posted: 167 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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, Observability Solutions

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The Senior Software Engineer (Observability Solutions) - Enterprise Technology Services joins the infrastructure team to architect the next generation of the Observability Platform. This senior individual contributor role involves taking end-to-end ownership of mission-critical services that must remain consistent and performant while handling petabytes of data from billions of daily transactions. You will architect and deliver highly available, fault-tolerant distributed systems, design core backend services, and drive technical strategy. Key responsibilities include identifying performance bottlenecks, mentoring engineers, and leading technical design reviews. The role requires proficiency in Go, experience with RDBMS or NoSQL, and a deep understanding of database internals. Preferred skills include experience with Prometheus metrics pipelines, Elasticsearch log aggregation, and Application Performance Monitoring tools within a distributed systems context.

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Skills

Go Distributed Systems Prometheus Elasticsearch RDBMS NoSQL APM Metrics Pipelines Log Aggregation Backend Services Query Optimization Storage Engines Transaction Management Indexing Strategies

What you'll do

Architect and deliver highly available, fault-tolerant distributed systems operating at petabyte scale.
Design and build core backend services using Go with a focus on performance and correctness.
Drive technical strategy and make key architecture decisions for the observability platform.
Lead technical design reviews and establish engineering best practices across the team.
Identify performance bottlenecks and implement systematic improvements across the entire stack.
Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and 1:1 coaching.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent.
10 or more years of overall experience.
3 or more years of experience in Go.
Hands-on experience building or scaling systems that handle large data workloads.
Hands-on experience with RDBMS or NoSQL.
Experience building or operating observability platforms, including Prometheus, Elasticsearch, and APM tools (preferred).
Experience designing and operating distributed systems (preferred).
Strong understanding of database internals, including storage engines, query optimization, and consistency models (preferred).

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