Software Development Engineer - Systems

Apple • Seattle, WA

430d • $166,600 - $250,600

About The Position

The position involves designing, developing, and implementing globally distributed backend services for a next-generation communications system at Apple. The role focuses on ensuring high availability and scalability of services, analyzing and debugging software, and collaborating with various teams to manage production services effectively.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or related occupation.
• 5 years of experience using Golang, including building scalable, high-concurrency backend services compatible with cloud infrastructure and system reliability engineering stacks.
• 5 years of experience using Python, including developing foundational libraries to integrate and maintain backend systems.
• 5 years of experience using Java, including building robust platform-independent secure, scalable, and high-performance server-side applications.
• Experience in service protocols (gRPC, Thrift or REST) for efficient, scalable communication and interoperability between services and systems.
• Experience in Pub/Sub (Kafka) for handling high-throughput, real-time data streaming and processing.
• Experience using SQL and NoSQL Database systems (e.g., PostgreSQL or Cassandra) for managing, querying, and scaling data storage solutions.
• Experience using Kubernetes to manage containerized applications and ensure scalable, automated deployment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement globally distributed backend services for next-gen communications system.
• Review service design, operations, and platform infrastructure for high-availability and scalability.
• Analyze source code, design documents, logs, and metrics to identify and fix software bugs and performance issues.
• Work with Apple's Cloud Infrastructure and site reliability engineering (SRE) teams to manage and run production services.
• Implement robust, complex application services for user-facing features leveraging next-gen communications system.
• Design, analyze, and implement high-concurrency systems (multithreading, multiprocessing, etc.).
• Debug all created systems and related software to ensure high quality and availability of the system and user features.
• Write and maintain design documents.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Retirement benefits
• Discounted products and free services
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses, including tuition
• 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