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File Provider Sync Engineer

Apple· Software and Services
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Hybrid (Paris)Full-timePosted 3d ago

About the role

Systems engineer role focused on the File Provider sync engine that reconciles local and cloud states to keep users’ files in sync across devices and services. Involves designing, implementing, testing, and debugging features, safeguards, and performance improvements for a high-scale, data-sensitive system.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, test and debug new features, quality safeguards and performance improvements for the File Provider sync engine.
  • Collaborate closely with engineering teams worldwide, from kernel to cloud, across operating systems and services stack, and external developers adopting APIs.
  • Pair with experts initially on scoped assignments, building autonomy and ownership.
  • Work on a system that detects, tracks and applies changes between local filesystem and remote services, ensuring data integrity and timely sync.

Qualifications

  • Solid programming skills in a systems language such as C, C++, Objective-C or Swift
  • Working understanding of operating system fundamentals: processes, concurrency, memory, file I/O
  • Demonstrated ability to debug methodically
  • Clear written and verbal communication in English, and a collaborative approach to working across teams
  • Curiosity about how systems actually work underneath the abstractions

Skills

Required:Programming in C/C++/Objective-C/SwiftOperating system fundamentalsDebuggingCommunication in English
Nice to have:Distributed systems conceptsFilesystem familiarityPerformance/memory/energy profilingAPI/library maintenanceAgentic codingContributions to long-lived codebase
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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