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Software Engineering Intern, Apple Services Engineering

Apple· Software and Services
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Hybrid (London)internPosted 3d ago

About the role

Internship focused on developing the FoundationDB query engine powering CloudKit, Apple's privacy-focused database platform. Interns will contribute to fault-tolerant distributed systems, design and develop multi-tenant platform features, collaborate across Apple teams, and participate in end-to-end project execution from design through production releases.

Responsibilities

  • Work on the FoundationDB query engine at the core of CloudKit, with guidance from a dedicated mentor
  • Help design, develop, and support a multi-tenant platform with many underlying technologies
  • Partner with teams across Apple to develop and ship new customer-facing features
  • Contribute to end-to-end project execution, from design reviews and through production releases
  • Learn how to deploy, scale, and maintain highly concurrent and throughput intensive services
  • Assist with triaging, investigating, and remediating production and operational issues

Qualifications

  • Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or an equivalent degree
  • Experience developing software in Java, C, or C++, gained through coursework, projects, or prior work
  • Coursework or project experience with data structures and algorithms
  • Available to work full-time for the duration of the internship
  • Background with KV data stores, e.g., FoundationDB, DynamoDB, or Cassandra
  • Fundamentals in storage systems, e.g., schema design, indexes, and transactions
  • Familiar with database query processing, e.g., query planning, execution, or optimisation
  • Exposure to concurrent and multi-threaded programming

Skills

Required:JavaCC++Data structures and algorithms
Nice to have:KV data storesStorage systems fundamentalsDatabase query processingConcurrent / multi-threaded programming
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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