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Senior Software Engineer - Compute

Apple · Seattle · Posted 2026-09-02

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Job description

People at Apple don't just build products — they craft the kind of experience that has revolutionized entire industries. The diverse collection of our people and their ideas inspire innovation in everything we do. Imagine what you could do here! Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. The Apple Service Engineering (ASE) team builds and provides systems and infrastructure that power Apple's services (such as iCloud, Apple Music, Apple Intelligence, and Maps). We are the foundation on which Apple's software developers build the products that our customers love. Our services have to scale globally, stay highly available, and "just work." If you love designing, engineering, and running systems and infrastructure that will help millions of customers, then this is the place for you! Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, an engineering-related field, or equivalent related experience. Advanced Degree preferred. 7+ years in a Site Reliability Engineering Infrastructure focused role Excellent verbal and written communication skills Automation advocate with a strong sense of ownership - you truly believe in removing operational load via software Strong experience with building and scaling cloud infrastructure and large-scale distributed systems Experience with OpenStack, KVM/hypervisor technologies and Kubernetes Highly proficient in Go or Python Be capable of collaborating and coordinating with multiple distinct engineering teams and mentoring others Experienced with highly distributed unix systems Preferred Qualifications: Experience managing, scaling, and troubleshooting at a planet scale Experience operating large-scale multi-tenant Infrastructure as a Managed service Expert-level proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools like Chef, Ansible, or Terraform