Sr. SW Engineer, Data Center Systems Design Engineer

Full-time - Mid Level

Cupertino, CA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Apple Cloud Engineering Architecture team is looking for an exceptional software engineer who is a both generalist (able to think big picture and effective at operating across a wide range of functions), and who is able to dive deep into details in a focused and effective way to unblock progress and move projects forward. In this role, you will work at the intersection of hardware and software for all things data center. Projects will range from defining requirements for factory & data center operations during the NPI phase, to architecting and developing new APIs that enable scheduling systems to make power-aware decisions. Fleet data analysis & visualization, as well as prototype development and demos will be required to inform architectural decisions and requirements for future projects, as well as gain cross functional support required for leading the execution of our team's designs with clarity and purpose. You will need to be able to both implement ideas in a way that achieves results and represent your progress in large, cross-functional and executive forums. This is a highly collaborative, individual contributor role that will require you to quickly foster trust across functions and build influence through expertise, results, and a robust internal relational network that you will build. This role is at the center of multiple efforts to facilitate new product introduction activities and you will work on a range of projects including co-architecting, building, and integrating a software system that maximizes power utilization and efficiency at data center scale with minimal impact to workload performance for Apple's recently announced privacy cloud compute platform. This position is new, in a small team, and comes with a lot of opportunity for growth and self-direction under general guidance. It requires initiative, creativity, a results orientation, and a highly collaborative approach to be effective. Come build the data center of the future with us!

Responsibilities

• Work cross-functionally with server hardware, OS, infrastructure, and platform software teams to enable NPI of new servers in Apple's data centers.
• Develop and integrate best in class data center power management systems.
• Build and maintain system infrastructure that powers the next generation of data centers.
• Ensure high quality and agility with unit tests, integration tests, and performance tests.
• Become an expert in debugging systems required for NPI and data center power management.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software systems engineering experience
• Strong operating system fundamentals
• Expertise and proficiency with Swift, Objective-C and Apple development tools
• Strong debugging skills
• Familiarity with system integration and data center management (configuration management, software deployment, workload scheduling)
• Passion for software architecture, APIs and high performance extensible software
• Excellent communication and prototyping skills
• A self-starter with the ability to drive a project from a simple idea to production
• Creative, collaborative, and product-focused

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with distributed systems (RAFT)
• Familiar with control system design and tuning
• Experience with C/C++, Golang

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Retirement benefits
• Range of discounted products and free services
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition
• Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
• Relocation assistance
• Opportunity to participate in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs
• Eligibility for discretionary restricted stock unit awards
• Ability to purchase Apple stock at a discount through Employee Stock Purchase Plan.