Apple · 1 month ago
Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Storage -Services Engineering
Cupertino, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$212K/yr - $318K/yr
7+ years expApple is a leading technology company that builds and provides systems powering many of its customer-facing services. The role involves designing and building a unified storage abstraction layer that supports diverse access patterns and high-performance workloads across Apple Cloud.
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Responsibilities
Design and build a storage substrate that provides a consistent abstraction over heterogeneous storage backends
Build scalable data distribution and placement algorithms to balance load and ensure durability
Implement robust redundancy mechanisms (replication, erasure coding, etc.) and automated recovery
Collaborate with multiple storage teams to ensure unified semantics and operational consistency
Collaborate with hardware engineering to integrate evolving drive capabilities into the unified storage layer
Contribute to system observability, correctness testing, chaos/fault-injection frameworks, and production hardening
Drive cross-functional design reviews and help define long-term technical strategy for Apple’s storage platform
Qualification
Required
Strong problem-solving skills rooted in data structures, distributed systems, and concurrency
7+ years of professional experience building and operating distributed systems
Demonstrated ownership and history of delivering production systems
Proficiency in one or more systems languages: Java, Rust, asynchronous and thread-safe programming
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
BS in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
Preferred
Background in object, block or file system internals
Experience with modern storage devices such as zoned block devices, sequential-write media or emerging high-density magnetic recording technologies
MS or PhD in Computer Science
Benefits
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
Retirement benefits
A range of discounted products and free services
Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
Relocation
Company
Apple
Apple is a technology company that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Tim Cook
CEO
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SVP, Software Engineering
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