Apple · 10 hours ago
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$181K/yr - $318K/yr
10+ years expApple is a leading technology company, and they are seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join their Synthetic Data Group. The role involves architecting and developing secure, scalable cloud infrastructure to support machine learning and synthetic data initiatives, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize performance and reliability.
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Responsibilities
Architect, build, and operate secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and services supporting ML and synthetic data platforms
Design and implement microservices and APIs, from system design through production deployment and operations
Build and optimize data storage, messaging, and service-to-service communication patterns for high throughput and low latency (e.g., S3, Postgres, SQS)
Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Helm Charts, Kubernetes Manifest) and automation for reliable, repeatable environments
Apply quantitative approaches (modeling, iterative prototyping, analysis, tooling) to optimize performance, cost, and reliability while meeting demanding experience goals
Drive cross-functional architecture alignment; influence partner teams and senior technical stakeholders through design reviews and technical proposals
Mentor engineers and establish engineering best practices for robustness, security , testing, and operational excellence
Participate in Agile development workflows and contribute to continuous improvement across planning, execution, and delivery
Qualification
Required
BS and a minimum of 10 years relevant industry experience
5+ years of software engineering experience building and operating cloud infrastructure or distributed systems at scale
Hands-on experience with AWS services including EC2, EKS, S3, ELB and SQS
Experience with Kubernetes-based container orchestration and production operations
Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform
Strong programming skills in Go (Golang) for systems and service development
Proficiency in at least one additional language used for full-stack services development (JavaScript, Python)
Experience designing and building microservices-based architectures in production
Experience with relational databases (e.g., Postgres) and NoSQL datastores in production environments
Demonstrated ability to use a quantitative approach to architect and develop robust, secure, high-performance cloud services (modeling, iterative prototyping, analysis, tools)
Track record of influencing cross-functional architects and high-performance teams to define architecture
Exposure to Agile development methodologies
Preferred
Experience designing and building applications using container and serverless technologies
Good exposure to Agile software development and DevOps practices such as Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Continuous Integration, and automated deployment
Experience with CI tools (e.g., Jenkins)
Strong practical application development experience on Linux systems
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Experience with film and game development pipelines (plus)
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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