Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Seattle, WA
Salary: $142,300–$263,300 / yr
Posted: 12 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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

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TL;DR · Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering

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Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering will join a versatile team to develop the next-generation of Apple’s cloud services infrastructure. This role focuses on CloudKit, a foundational privacy-focused database platform that stores and synchronizes user data across devices. You will design, develop, and support a multi-tenant platform, driving end-to-end project execution from design reviews to production releases. Key responsibilities include deploying, scaling, and maintaining highly concurrent, throughput-intensive services while triaging production issues. The role requires expertise in building fault-tolerant distributed systems using Java, C, or C++. Candidates should possess experience with distributed NoSQL and relational databases, synchronous and asynchronous network application I/O frameworks, and multi-threaded environments. Preferred skills include KV data stores like FoundationDB, storage fundamentals, Redis, Kafka, and cloud-native technologies like Kubernetes and gRPC.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?

Median $202800 from 409 postings across 38 companies.

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Skills

Java C C++ Distributed Systems NoSQL FoundationDB DynamoDB Cassandra Redis Memcached Kafka AWS GCP Kubernetes gRPC TLS X.509 Containers

What you'll do

Design, develop, and support a multi-tenant platform using various underlying technologies.
Partner with internal teams to develop and ship new customer-facing features.
Drive end-to-end project execution from initial design reviews through production releases.
Deploy, scale, and maintain highly concurrent and throughput-intensive services.
Triage, investigate, and remediate production and operational issues.
Introduce new fundamental capabilities to power new applications and scale existing ones.

What we're looking for

3+ years of industry experience developing software in Java, C, or C++.
Experience working with distributed NoSQL and relational database technologies.
Expertise in synchronous and asynchronous network application I/O frameworks.
Expertise in programming in concurrent and multi-threaded environments.
Industry experience building and operating large-scale multi-tiered distributed systems.
Bachelor’s degree in an engineering-related field or equivalent related experience.
Strong background with KV data stores like FoundationDB, DynamoDB, or Cassandra (preferred).
Strong fundamentals in storage systems, including schema design, indexes, and transactions (preferred).

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