Apple · 3 weeks ago
Distributed Systems Software Engineer (Golang)
San Diego, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$172K/yr - $302K/yr
5+ years expApple is looking for a Senior Software Engineer with distributed systems and orchestration experience to join the Satellite Communications Group. You will work on the satellite network that enables connectivity to iPhone and Watch Ultra when off the grid without cellular or Wi-Fi coverage, contributing to large scale, highly resilient systems that enable access to communications services via satellite.
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Responsibilities
You will build and run an Apple service enabling platform that millions of customers may rely on every day
You’ll also build and run the infrastructure that powers those services with emphasis on build, not just operate or implement
Help us build the Apple experience on a global scale!
You’ll be contributing to distributed systems, architecture design, and cloud infrastructure (as code!) for critical and unique customer-facing Apple services
This is a rare opportunity to build and control the entire end to end infrastructure, along with all supporting components such as provisioning, monitoring, deployment, and software platforms, from the beginning within a team with a no-ops culture
Qualification
Required
5+ years Software engineering or DevOps experience
Proficient in at least one of these languages: Python, Go, Rust, C++
Strong experience with large-scale distributed systems (replication, high availability, data processing/streaming)
Strong experience with Linux/UNIX administration, configuration, and monitoring
Have written or contributed to a batch or realtime processing system
Experience with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure): identity & credential management, pub/sub, message queuing
Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, Puppet, Flux, Ansible, etc)
Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience with zero-downtime deployments, job scheduling systems, event-based messaging systems
Able to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies
Strong operational and troubleshooting skills
Preferred
Deep understanding of distributed systems principles, including consistency, fault tolerance, and scalability
Strong familiarity with consensus algorithms (e.g., Raft, Paxos, Zab, etc)
Experience building and operating multi-clustered and highly-available services
Experience with Temporal/Cadence/Windmill or other durable execution platforms
Understanding of zero-trust application architecture
Proven experience building and optimizing real-time and batch data processing pipelines using technologies such as Kafka, Spark, Flink, Beam, etc
Kubernetes experience, including cluster management as well as application deployment and configuration
Experience with IoT/Edge device compute and infrastructure
Experience or interest in RF, Cellular, Satellite communications (Bluetooth, GPS, WiFi, LTE/5G)
Experience with modern web-scale services including servers, vips, load balancers, proxies
Experience working with monitoring and metrics platforms like Splunk and Prometheus
Education: Engineering or technical BS is a positive but not required
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
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10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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CEO
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