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Software Engineer, OS and System Services

Apple· Software and Services
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Seattle, WA$142.3k - $263.3kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Software Engineer to build and integrate software to orchestrate workloads across data center hardware, focusing on kernel drivers, runtime libraries, frameworks, and daemons. Role involves optimizing and maintaining core data center infrastructure, hardware acceleration for ML/HPC, and collaborating across Apple to scale software on a novel compute platform.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain system software such as kernel drivers, runtime libraries, frameworks, and daemons for data center scale.
  • Collaborate across Apple to adapt, tailor, and scale software on a novel compute platform.
  • Develop and integrate hardware-accelerated software for machine learning and high performance computing workloads.
  • Work cross-functionally with architecture, platform design, SOC architects, and software teams to build and maintain system infrastructure.
  • Ensure high quality through unit tests, integration tests, and performance tests.
  • Occasionally go on-call to support deployed software.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience
  • Proficiency in C/C++
  • Strong knowledge of operating system and firmware development fundamentals
  • Passion for software architecture, APIs, and high performance extensible software
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Creative, collaborative, and product-focused
  • Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Skills

Required:Software design and programmingC/C++Operating system and firmware developmentCommunication
Nice to have:Fleet software managementAI acceleratorsNetworking protocols / crypto / distributed systemsSwift / Objective-C / Apple development tools

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • discounted products and free services
  • reimbursement for certain educational expenses (tuition)
  • discretionary bonuses or commission payments may be possible
  • relocation assistance may be available
  • Stock programs (RSU) and Employee Stock Purchase Plan)
  • eligible for relocation
Last updated Aug 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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