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Software Engineer - Distributed Build Systems

Apple· Software and Services
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Cupertino, CA, San Diego, CA$129.3k - $225.3kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Software engineer role in Apple's Distributed Build Systems within the Software Engineering Developer Productivity team. Focused on large-scale distributed systems, build automation, scheduling, caching, observability, and reliability to improve Apple’s build pipelines and software development at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Tackle complex distributed systems problems and deliver high-quality solutions within Apple's Build System.
  • Collaborate with teams across Apple to optimize distributed scheduling, ensure build correctness, develop caching strategies, and improve build performance.
  • From conception through delivery and operation, build new features, develop testing strategies, measure outcomes, and deliver highly-available solutions on large-scale infrastructure.
  • Drive ongoing improvements through data analytics to measure impact and reliability, and provide on-call support for production systems.

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of software engineering experience in developer tooling, backend, infrastructure, or systems contexts
  • Experience developing testing strategies and operating software in production environments using metrics, telemetry, and performance data to evaluate system behavior, identify bottlenecks, and drive iteration on systems

Skills

Required:Distributed systemsSchedulingCachingObservability / Monitoring / SRE practices
Nice to have:AI-assisted development toolsBuild systems (Swift Build, Bazel, Buck, etc.)
Last updated Aug 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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