Senior Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering

Posted: Mar 14, 2024

Role Number:200542689

Imagine what we could do together. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming phenomenal products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job, and there’s no telling what we could accomplish. Apple is looking for an experienced Software Engineer to develop the next generation of cloud platform. You will work on key components of a novel system, introducing new fundamental capabilities enabling entirely new applications. You will work with extraordinary teams around the world who have a real passion for engineering and delivering features that maintain strong privacy guarantees to end users.

Key Qualifications

Large-scale services - Experience designing, delivering, and operating large-scale services.
Quality focus - Strive to improve quality, ease of operation, and reliability.
Problem-solving - Track record of problem-solving, including when under pressure.
Self-directed - Motivation to drive ideas to production.
Communication - Skilled in cross-functional communication and collaboration

Description

We are a high-impact team that designs, builds, and operates novel functionality in Apple’s media processing and content delivery platform. This enables many of Apple’s signature apps and experiences. Our work is crucial to the success of Apple’s growth in services, enabling new features that will change the world. This role will take you beyond the systems and services you will find elsewhere. The ideal candidate will have a strong quality focus and be motivated by taking early production systems and developing them into services that can be run reliably at scale. Our systems are distributed in nature, and you will be able to reason about complex failure modes that could occur. You will be comfortable working with our cross-functional partner teams to deliver the best outcomes. Product development can be fast-paced, and requirements can change during the rapid innovation cycles. You will have the opportunity to take ambiguity and refine it into valuable outcomes, taking risks where justified by the reward. You will understand how CI/CD, observability, and SLOs form part of a mature product offering and push for best practices. Use your insight to prevent production issues before they happen. When issues do occur you will dive deep across platform layers, working with others as necessary, to rapidly resolve them. This is not an operations role, but the job will provide second-level support when expertise is required, potentially out of hours.

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering-related field, or equivalent related experience.

Additional Requirements

Non-essential but beneficial skills:
• Language - Deep knowledge of a high-level programming language, including diagnosing system-level problems.
• Cloud - Knowledge of Kubernetes or other methods of automating and scaling cloud deployments, load balancing, and traffic routing.
• Systems - Understanding of Linux or Apple OS fundamentals.
• Security - Background understanding of cryptography and security.
• Experience in the Media Streaming domain (Video formats, Codecs, HLS) is a plus.

Pay & Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $170,700.00 and $300,200.00, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.