Software Engineer - Distributed Build Systems

Apple Inc

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Location
Cupertino, CA
Salary
$126,800–$220,900 / yr
Posted
69 days ago
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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 · Software Engineer - Distributed Build Systems

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As a Software Engineer on Apple's Developer Productivity team, you will join a collaborative environment focused on enhancing the company’s distributed build platform, which is critical for developing and delivering operating systems and apps to billions of users. Your daily responsibilities include optimizing distributed scheduling, ensuring build correctness, implementing caching strategies, and continuously improving build performance through data analytics. You will work with large-scale infrastructure, develop new features, and measure outcomes to enhance system reliability. Ideal candidates have 2+ years of experience in developer tooling or backend systems engineering, along with expertise in testing strategies and operating software in production environments using metrics and telemetry. Preferred qualifications include knowledge of distributed systems, observability practices, AI-assisted development tools, and familiarity with build systems like Swift Build, Bazel, or Buck.

Skills

Distributed Systems Caching Scheduling Observability Monitoring CI/CD Python Go Java JavaScript Shell SQL PostgreSQL Redis Kubernetes AWS GCP Azure Terraform Bazel Swift_Build Buck Prometheus Grafana GitLab Jenkins

What you'll do

  • Develop and optimize distributed scheduling for Apple's build platform.
  • Ensure correctness in builds by implementing robust caching strategies.
  • Continuously measure and analyze data to enhance system reliability.
  • Tackle complex problems to improve performance of large-scale infrastructure.
  • Build new features that integrate with existing systems for developer productivity.
  • Drive improvements through testing strategies and operational metrics analysis.

What we're looking for

  • 2+ years of software engineering experience in developer tooling, backend, infrastructure, or systems contexts.
  • Experience developing testing strategies and operating software in production environments using metrics to evaluate system behavior.
  • Strong background in distributed systems, scheduling, or caching at scale.
  • Knowledge of observability, monitoring, and SRE practices.
  • Familiarity with build systems like Swift Build, Bazel, Buck.
  • Ability to drive continuous improvements through data analytics for system reliability.

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