Software Engineer, Developer Productivity Engineering

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Seattle, WA
Salary: $142,300–$263,300 / yr
Posted: 1 day 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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Software Engineer - Developer Productivity Engineering joins the Apple Cloud Engineering team to build and integrate software orchestrating workloads across performant, energy-efficient systems for next-generation data centers. This role involves developing system software such as runtime libraries, frameworks, and daemons to power high-performance computing and machine learning workloads. You will design and operate secure, privacy-preserving software releases using Docker-like containers, OCI images, runc, and Linux namespaces. Key responsibilities include building container lifecycle tooling, improving CI/CD automation, and debugging distributed cloud systems. Required skills include proficiency in Pkl, Linux system components like systemd and cgroups, and cloud orchestration engines like Kubernetes or Nomad. You will also utilize eBPF for debugging and ensure software quality through unit, integration, and performance testing.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?

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Skills

Kubernetes Nomad Docker OCI runc Linux eBPF CI/CD Pkl Swift Objective-C systemd cgroups Overlay Filesystems Distributed Systems

What you'll do

Design and operate secure, privacy-preserving software releases using OCI images, runc, and Linux namespaces.
Build tooling to manage container lifecycles across various release environments.
Improve automation and CI/CD processes across the deployment pipeline.
Debug and resolve production issues within distributed cloud systems.
Build and maintain system infrastructure to power next-generation data centers.
Ensure software quality and agility through unit, integration, and performance testing.
Integrate best-in-class hardware, software, and services with architecture and platform design teams.

What we're looking for

4+ years of experience in software development, building and managing cloud infrastructure or distributed systems.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Strong engineering skills in Pkl or a similar configuration language.
Knowledge of operating system architecture and low-level system components.
Experience with cloud orchestration engines such as Kubernetes or Nomad.
Experience with Linux, including systemd, cgroups, containers, socket IPC, and eBPF.
Experience with Swift, Objective-C, and Apple development tools (preferred).
Familiarity with OCI image and runtime specs, runc, Linux namespaces, cgroups, and overlay filesystems (preferred).

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