Apple · 3 days ago
Distributed Build Systems Engineer - Software Assembly u0026 Packaging
Cupertino, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$181K/yr - $318K/yr
3+ years expApple is seeking experienced engineers to join the SWE Developer Productivity organization, which builds technologies and tools to enhance software engineering practices. The role involves integrating business logic into Apple's core build technologies and making architectural decisions to improve performance and reliability in software assembly and packaging.
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Responsibilities
You'll work on integrating business logic of how our software is assembled and packaged into Apple’s core build technologies, finding ways to combine this unique problem domain with established distributed system techniques to achieve both high performance and reliability
You'll analyze problem requirements, existing solutions, and available systems and make high-level architectural decisions about how to architect the backend, considering both short- and long-term goals
Once solutions are identified, you will work alongside our team to implement them, while developing appropriate testing and operational mechanisms, and measuring the impact of your changes in a production environment
You will be most successful here as a flexible and proactive engineer who thrives in a supportive, respectful, and balanced work environment with interesting and challenging problems to tackle
You have excellent judgment and integrity with the ability to make timely and sound decisions
You know how to drive constructive discussion of design points, learn from your team, and use your experience to advocate and teach others
Spend the majority of your time programming in Swift
Collaborate with your teammates through git pull requests, in-person conversations, and Slack
Engage with other teams to help identify issues and establish long-term relationships that include knowledge sharing
Develop expertise and be given ownership over components critical to Apple’s success
Provide technical guidance, software architectural review, and mentorship
Make customer-focused product design decisions with your teammates and drive what really matters
Prioritize and schedule issues, estimate scope of work, and investigate new issue reports in your areas of responsibility
Qualification
Required
3+ years of relevant work experience and M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent
Experience with high-performance strongly typed languages such as Swift, Rust, C++, Scala, or others
Strong software architecture and coding abilities
Contribute to the development of build systems, cloud services, and other high-performance system software
Excellent collaborative skills, with strong written and verbal communication
Preferred
Experience or interest in traditional and/or distributed build systems such as Make, CMake, Bazel, Buck, etc
Experience in systems programming (e.g., operating systems, kernel development, compilers or package managers)
Experience with SDK or framework development used by other developers
Experience with writing performance-critical components such as game engines
Experience with reliable, scalable, distributed systems
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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