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Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering, iCloud Platform

Apple· Software and Services
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Hybrid (Seattle, WA)$142.3k - $263.3kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Apple seeks Software Engineers to contribute to the development of cloud services infrastructure for iCloud, focusing on scalable, privacy-focused platform components that enable existing and new Apple experiences (e.g., CloudKit, FaceTime, PushNotifications). The role involves designing, building, and growing foundational services used by Apple’s applications and ensuring privacy guarantees for over a billion users.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with teams across Apple to develop features and functionality to enable new experiences in the Apple ecosystem
  • Improve the scalability, availability, and performance of our services
  • Evolve the design and architecture to support continued growth across multiple dimensions
  • Partner with SRE to triage, investigate, and remediate production issues

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of professional experience designing, implementing, and operating highly scalable distributed systems
  • Industry experience with programming languages such as Java, Swift, C/C++, or Go
  • Experience in performance benchmarking, debugging, and tuning distributed systems
  • Experience in cloud deployment and observability technologies, such as Kubernetes
  • Bachelor's Degree in an engineering-related field or equivalent related experience

Skills

Required:Distributed systems design and operationProgramming languagesPerformance benchmarking and debuggingCloud deployment and observability
Nice to have:cryptographic protocols and security architecture

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Discounted products and free services
  • Educational expense reimbursement (tuition)
  • Discretionary bonuses or commission potential
  • Relocation assistance (possible)
  • Apple employee stock programs (RSU eligibility, Employee Stock Purchase Plan)
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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