Swift Server Ecosystem Engineer, ASE Open Engineering
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As part of Apple Services Engineering our team is responsible for building libraries and frameworks which form the foundations of mission-critical systems at Apple. We write software in the Swift programming language and specialize in frameworks for highly available distributed systems. We firmly believe in growing a strong community and many of the frameworks and libraries we produce will become part of the Swift open source ecosystem.
We are looking for a senior engineer to focus on Swift on Server. Our cross functional team builds foundational libraries and contributes features to the open source ecosystem in Apple Services Engineering. We’re a collection of highly skilled and friendly engineers who value each other’s opinions and experience. We strive for excellence and believe strongly in the quality of our output. We have built a team of domain experts who specialize in specific core subject areas, and also have broad experience of cloud software services and platforms.
You will have significant responsibilities in building and improving libraries for running large-scale, critical services in Swift. As an engineer you are responsible for influencing the direction and ensuring the goals are delivered. This work will include collaboration across multiple teams across Apple to help define, implement and deliver the shared vision.
To start fast we believe a deep understanding of the Swift language and complex distributed backend systems is required. A proven track record of working in the Swift open source ecosystem will make you the perfect candidate.
Successful candidates will have strong engineering skills and communication, as well as the ability to build relationships and collaborate across the company. You will have a real passion for quality, technical excellence, and an ability to understand complex systems. If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you.
- Experience with some statically compiled languages. Direct experience with Swift, Rust, C/C++ or Objective-C a bonus.
- Large-scale server side development of distributed systems
- Strong knowledge of concurrency (async/await, data race safety) and high performance networking
- Familiarity with package manager, dependency management, and command line build process
- Bachelor of Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Existing contributions to the Swift programming language and the Swift on Server ecosystem a plus
- Strong skills in requirement gathering, with the ability to analyze existing Java libraries and replicate their functionality using idiomatic Swift practices.
- Experience in contributing and maintaining open source libraries a plus
- Passion for evangelizing technologies