Systems Software Engineer, File Sync
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The Cloud File Providers team is looking for a Systems Software Engineer to help build the future of File Sync on Apple devices. We are responsible for the FileProvider framework, a technology that powers file sync applications used by millions of people, like Google Drive and iCloud Drive, on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro.
FileProvider enables file syncing applications to focus on their product and users, by implementing a host of functionality in the operating system itself. Behind an easy to use 3rd party API, we provide a resilient file syncing engine, automatic download and offloading of file contents based on user access patterns and device storage levels, integration with Apple's own Finder and Files applications, integration with Spotlight search, power and performance optimizations, and much more. Our team has given several talks available on developer.apple.com, including "Sync files to the cloud with FileProvider on macOS", and "Bring desktop class sync to iOS with FileProvider".
The Systems Software Engineer will work with colleagues both inside and outside of the FileProvider team to deliver software features and bug fixes. You’ll work with operating system engineers, framework engineers, internal and external application developers, and more. You’ll be responsible for the quality of your features, working with QA teams and writing your own test automation.
Responsibilities Include:
Work with stakeholders to understand requirements for new features.
Discuss with the relevant teams about the code architecture.
Write the code to implement that architecture.
Use test automation to verify the implementation.
Screen incoming bug reports.
Analyze source code and logs to identify potential causes of the bug, attempt to reproduce.
Write a test for, and fix, the root cause of the bug.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience.
- Experience in C-based programming languages (C/C++).
- Understanding of Operating Systems fundamentals.
- Experience attaching to and debugging a process.
- Experience in Objective-C or Swift.
- Experience with resource-constrained development, database performance work, parallelism, inter-process communication.
- Familiarity with at least one of these topics: sync, backup, database replication, file system replication, indexing, or search.
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