System Software Engineer
Apple Inc
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This role pays more than 77% of similar roles. Most pay $136,157–$214,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $214k versus about $175k for comparable roles.
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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
Apple Inc currently has 1961 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $175,000–$277,600 across 1589 roles with salary data.
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As a Systems Software Developer, you will join a cross-functional team focused on building infrastructure and tooling to support complex engineering projects. You will design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automated workflows while developing instrumentation and reporting systems to track build health and developer productivity metrics. Your daily work involves debugging deployment infrastructure, improving signal-to-noise in reports, and integrating AI-assisted and agentic workflows into development cycles. To succeed, you must be proficient in Python, shell scripting, and SQL with experience in PostgreSQL. The role requires familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI platforms like Jenkins or Buildkite. You will also work with Swift, Xcode, and CMake to build internal tools and APIs. This position addresses the technical challenge of creating reliable, scalable systems for large-scale software development and data infrastructure.
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