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Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Apple· Hardware
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Sunnyvale, CA$184.7k - $324.8kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Architect and develop secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and services powering Apple’s ML and Synthetic Data Platform. Design microservices and APIs, optimize data storage and throughput, and implement infrastructure as code while maintaining security, reliability, and collaboration with ML engineers and data scientists.

Responsibilities

  • Architect, build, and operate secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and services supporting ML and synthetic data platforms
  • Design and implement microservices and APIs, from system design through production deployment and operations
  • Build and optimize data storage, messaging, and service-to-service communication patterns for high throughput and low latency (e.g., S3, Postgres, SQS)
  • Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Helm Charts, Kubernetes Manifest) and automation for reliable, repeatable environments
  • Apply quantitative approaches (modeling, iterative prototyping, analysis, tooling) to optimize performance, cost, and reliability while meeting demanding experience goals
  • Drive cross-functional architecture alignment; influence partner teams and senior technical stakeholders through design reviews and technical proposals
  • Mentor engineers and establish engineering best practices for robustness, security , testing, and operational excellence
  • Participate in Agile development workflows and contribute to continuous improvement across planning, execution, and delivery

Qualifications

  • BS and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience
  • 5+ years of software engineering experience building and operating cloud infrastructure or distributed systems at scale
  • Hands-on experience with AWS services including EC2, EKS, S3, ELB and SQS
  • Experience with Kubernetes-based container orchestration and production operations
  • Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform
  • Strong programming skills in Go (Golang) for systems and service development
  • Proficiency in at least one additional language used for full-stack services development (JavaScript, Python)
  • Experience designing and building microservices-based architectures in production
  • Experience with relational databases (e.g., Postgres) and NoSQL datastores in production environments
  • Demonstrated ability to use a quantitative approach to architect and develop robust, secure, high-performance cloud services (modeling, iterative prototyping, analysis, tools)
  • Track record of influencing cross-functional architects and high-performance teams to define architecture
  • Exposure to Agile development methodologies
  • Experience designing and building applications using container and serverless technologies
  • Good exposure to Agile software development and DevOps practices such as Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Continuous Integration, and automated deployment
  • Experience with CI tools (e.g., Jenkins)
  • Strong practical application development experience on Linux systems
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • Experience with film and game development pipelines (plus)

Skills

Required:Architecting cloud infrastructureGo (Golang)JavaScript or PythonKubernetesTerraformAWS

Benefits

  • Discretionary bonuses or commission payments (where eligible)
  • Relocation assistance (where eligible)
  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Discounted products and free services
  • Educational reimbursement for career advancement (tuition)
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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