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Software Engineer - Darwin Server, Core OS

Apple· Core OS
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Cupertino, California$150.4k - $277.6kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Darwin Server team develops system software for Apple’s operating systems, focusing on server and cloud environments, observability, security, and cross-functional integration. Role involves deriving architecture, mentoring, and shaping OS design for server workloads.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in all phases of the software development cycle: problem definition, design, implementation, testing, and debugging
  • Work with client teams to build features for Darwin to meet development and product requirements
  • Partner with technology owners across Apple to enable their technologies for server environments
  • Engage cross-functionally to effect technical change across Apple
  • Build technologies to enable server application packaging and distribution (e.g. OCI images or Flatpak)
  • Enable Darwin integration with cloud management/orchestration technologies (cloud-init, Kubernetes)
  • Improve Darwin’s support for observability at scale (OpenTelemetry)
  • Develop new security or privacy features for Private Cloud Compute

Qualifications

  • Experience with UNIX-like systems
  • Strong understanding of operating systems architecture and systems programming fundamentals
  • Proficiency in a systems programming language such as Swift, C, Rust, or Go (much of newer work in Swift)
  • Familiarity with OS integration with cloud infrastructure (provisioning/orchestration, application packaging, server observability/diagnostics)
  • Experience developing system daemons/services, libraries, or designing APIs
  • BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent knowledge and experience

Skills

Required:UNIX-like systemsOperating systems architectureSystems programming languages
Nice to have:Cloud orchestration / provisioningObservability

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Discounted products and free services
  • Educational reimbursement (tuition)
  • Discretionary bonuses or commission potential
  • Relocation assistance
  • Employee stock programs (RSUs, stock purchase plan)
Last updated Jul 31, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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