Foundational Infrastructure

Apple • Seattle, WA

429d • $135,400 - $250,600

About The Position

The position involves developing, debugging, and maintaining software for a large compute fleet at Apple. The role requires collaboration with various engineering teams to build and deploy scalable, reliable, and high-performance cloud systems that support Apple's services. The candidate will work on automating operational processes, managing infrastructure, and ensuring system performance and availability.

Requirements

• BS with 2+ years of experience in system software development or MS degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or related field.
• Familiarity with the mechanics behind infrastructure management.
• Strong systems programming skills and knowledge of operating system fundamentals.
• Strong understanding of concurrency, parallelism, and distributed systems concepts.
• In-depth knowledge of algorithms and distributed system architectures.
• Enthusiastic about upholding Apple's standards in product quality, design, and user experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with large scale server provisioning and maintenance including fundamentals such as DHCP, iPXE.
• Familiarity with node management systems like SaltStack, Ansible, Puppet.
• Experience building software solutions in Golang, Python, C/C++, Swift, Java, or similar languages.
• Familiarity with scheduling, batch, or cloud architectures.
• Experience with Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Zookeeper, etcd.
• Experience with measuring, analyzing, and optimizing performance in host and guest environments.
• Prior working experience and deep understanding of node management agents (e.g., kubelet) and node orchestration solutions for large scale infrastructures.
• Solid understanding of networking protocols and security standard methodologies.
• Customer focused thinking and strong problem solver with attention to detail.
• Ability to optimally communicate within a team and with project collaborators.

Responsibilities

• Develop, debug, and maintain software to operate a large compute fleet.
• Collaborate with software and hardware engineering teams across Apple.
• Automate operational processes via services and tools.
• Develop within configuration management and fleet orchestration using tools like SaltStack, Ansible, or Puppet.
• Design, implement, and maintain robust, scalable, and highly available services for infrastructure management.
• Develop and work with large scale Kubernetes clusters.
• Monitor on-server system performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement solutions to improve efficiency.
• Conduct root cause analysis for on-server system failures and implement preventive measures.
• Write and review code, generate and review design documentation.
• Participate in qualifications and rollouts of software to production clusters.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
• Retirement benefits.
• Discounted products and free services.
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses, including tuition.
• Opportunity to participate in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs.
• Eligibility for discretionary bonuses or commission payments.
• Relocation assistance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree