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This role pays more than
88%
of similar roles. Most pay
$137,500–$210,187
— the blue band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$231k
versus about
$174k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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
Apple Inc currently has
3552 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$166,600–$277,600
across 2742 roles with salary data.
Software Engineer, Observability joins the Apple Services Engineering Observability team to build foundational platforms and services that provide insights into complex systems. The role involves gathering requirements across cross-functional teams, leading technical design discussions, and developing practical, fault-tolerant, high-performance distributed systems. You will mentor other engineers, conduct independent research, and design software delivered as a service to maximize reuse and efficiency. Key technical requirements include experience with Java, distributed systems, data structures, algorithms, and concurrent programming. Preferred skills include experience with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, columnar storage, and time series database internals. This position addresses the technical challenge of managing and observing petabytes of data across global systems to ensure high availability for some of the world's largest services and most visible features.
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