Software Engineer, System Services

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$142,300–$263,300 / yr
Posted
30 days ago
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Similar $179k
This role $203k
$127k most similar roles pay here $278k

This role pays more than 65% of similar roles. Most pay $141,800–$215,250 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $203k versus about $179k for comparable roles.

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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 1984 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $175,000–$277,600 across 1590 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Software Engineer, System Services

As a Software Engineer, System Services, you will join the Cloud Engineering team to build and integrate software that orchestrates workloads across high-performance, energy-efficient systems for next-generation data centers. You will develop system software including runtime libraries, frameworks, and daemons while collaborating with cross-functional teams to adapt and scale software on a novel compute platform. Your daily work involves building and maintaining system infrastructure, ensuring quality through unit, integration, and performance tests. The role requires proficiency in C/C++ or Objective-C, along with experience in Swift and Apple development tools. You will leverage knowledge of OS architecture, microservice topologies, and cloud orchestration engines like Kubernetes, Nomad, or Apache Mesos. This position focuses on the technical challenge of utilizing hardware acceleration for machine learning and high-performance computing workloads within a complex cloud architecture.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?

Median $202800 from 326 postings across 28 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Build and integrate software to orchestrate workloads across high-performance, energy-efficient data center systems.
  • Develop system software including runtime libraries, frameworks, and daemons for next-generation cloud infrastructure.
  • Integrate hardware acceleration for machine learning and high-performance computing workloads.
  • Adapt, tailor, and scale software on novel compute platforms in partnership with cross-functional teams.
  • Maintain system infrastructure while ensuring quality through unit, integration, and performance testing.
  • Develop and maintain existing codebases while creating new features and fixing bugs.
  • Manage system integration tasks including configuration management, software deployment, and OTA updates.

What we're looking for

  • 4+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Proficiency in C, C++, or Objective-C.
  • Passion for software architecture, APIs, and high performance extensible software.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Ability to work across multiple levels of abstraction while being creative and collaborative.
  • Good grasp of system integration and management (configuration management, software deployment, OTA) (preferred).
  • Experience with cloud orchestration engines such as Kubernetes, Nomad, Apache Mesos, or similar (preferred).
  • Knowledge of OS architecture, low-level system components, and microservice topologies (preferred).

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