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Systems Software Developer

Apple· Hardware
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Sunnyvale, CA$150.4k - $277.6kPosted 1mo ago

About the role

Systems Software Developer at Apple focused on CI systems, software architecture, data analytics, build engineering, and developer tooling to enable large-scale projects. Responsible for low-level software and algorithms, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure tooling, and internal APIs that integrate with Apple's engineering stack (including Xcode and Swift-based workflows).

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automated workflows with a focus on reliability, traceability, and data analytics.
  • Develop instrumentation and reporting systems that surface build health, test failure trends, and developer productivity metrics.
  • Debug and resolve failures across build, test, and deployment infrastructure; improve signal-to-noise across CI reporting.
  • Identify and drive adoption of AI-assisted and agentic workflows to accelerate development and validation cycles
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to inform project structure, dependency architecture, and build/test capabilities
  • Build and maintain internal tools and APIs that integrate with Apple's engineering stack, including Xcode and Swift-based workflows
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to translate system requirements into robust, maintainable infrastructure, processes, and workflows

Qualifications

  • BS and a minimum of 3 years relevant industry experience
  • 3+ years of experience designing, building, and maintaining production software systems and applications
  • Experience building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automated build or test workflows
  • Experience working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL in production environments
  • Demonstrated use of AI engineering tools and AI-assisted strategies in day-to-day development
  • Experience developing large-scale internal APIs or developer-facing tooling
  • Proficiency in Python and shell scripting to build automation and workflow tooling
  • Experience with technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
  • Experience with CI platforms such as Jenkins, Buildkite, or equivalent systems
  • Experience developing with Swift, Xcode, or other Apple platform technologies
  • Familiarity with software observability, metrics systems, or developer productivity analytics
  • Experience working across multiple concurrent projects in a fast-paced, cross-functional engineering environment
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate technical concepts and project plans clearly across engineering and non-engineering stakeholders
  • Experience leveraging and integrating AI thoughtfully in large-scale production workflows to improve engineering throughput
  • Experience with Xcode and CMake are a bonus
  • Experience with computer vision, video processing, and/or machine learning data infrastructure is a bonus

Skills

Required:CI/CDPythonShell scriptingDockerKubernetesSwiftXcodePostgreSQLObservability/AnalyticsAI in workflows

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • discounted products and free services
  • reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
  • potential discretionary bonuses or commission payments
  • relocation assistance
  • Apple Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • discretionary employee stock programs
Last updated Sep 18, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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