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This role pays more than
95%
of similar roles. Most pay
$144,350–$215,000
— the blue band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$255k
versus about
$180k
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
3532 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$174,149–$277,600
across 2761 roles with salary data.
The Sr. Software Engineer, Infrastructure Services (Data Plane) joins the Infrastructure Services team within the Information Systems and Technology organization. This role involves designing, building, and operating next-generation services that power virtualized networks, computing, and storage for global cloud infrastructure. You will develop high-throughput, ultra-low-latency packet processing systems, forwarding engines, and overlay network services like VXLAN and NAT. Key responsibilities include optimizing line-rate forwarding pipelines, building modular systems with lock-free concurrency, and integrating APIs for state distribution. You will utilize C++, Go, C, Python, gRPC, REST, and Protobuf while leveraging Git and CI/CD workflows. The work focuses on solving complex distributed systems problems, including L2–L4 protocols, kernel-bypass technologies like DPDK and eBPF, and hardware offload architectures for large-scale network data plane components.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214500 from 1116 postings across 75 companies.
Go
Java
C++
Python
Bash
REST
gRPC
Protobuf
Kubernetes
Distributed Systems
CI/CD
Git
TCP/IP
BGP
etcd
Raft
ZooKeeper
Redis
Cassandra
SONiC
OpenConfig
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