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Systems Software Developer

Sunnyvale, CAOnsiteFull TimePosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • production software systems
  • automated build
  • automated test workflows
  • relational databases
  • PostgreSQL
  • AI engineering tools
  • AI-assisted strategies

Nice to have

  • large-scale internal APIs
  • developer-facing tooling
  • Python
  • shell scripting
  • automation
  • workflow tooling

Role summary

Apple is seeking a Systems Software Developer to join their engineering team. This role involves tackling large-scale engineering challenges by developing systematic solutions, workflows, and approaches. Responsibilities include contributing to low-level software and algorithms, building CI/CD pipelines, and developing infrastructure and tooling to support innovative Apple technologies. The role requires a BS degree and at least 3 years of relevant industry experience, including designing and maintaining production software systems and CI/CD pipelines, experience with PostgreSQL, and the use of AI engineering tools.

At Apple, we tackle large-scale engineering challenges to deliver products that are intuitive, reliable, and built to last. Our engineering teams operate at the intersection of CI systems, software architecture, data analytics, build engineering, and developer tooling — owning the systems and workflows that enable complex, large-scale projects to move fast, scale, and ship with confidence.

Description


As a Systems Software Developer, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to understand the project goals and develop systematic solutions, workflows, and approaches to achieve those goals. This would include contributing to projects in low-level software and algorithms, building CI/CD pipelines and workflows, and developing infrastructure and tooling to help deliver innovative Apple technologies and products.

Minimum Qualifications


BS and a minimum of 3 years relevant industry experience 3+ years of experience designing, building, and maintaining production software systems and applications Experience building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automated build or test workflows Experience working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL in production environments Demonstrated use of AI engineering tools and AI-assisted strategies in day-to-day development

Preferred Qualifications


Experience developing large-scale internal APIs or developer-facing tooling Proficiency in Python and shell scripting to build automation and workflow tooling Experience with technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes Experience with CI platforms such as Jenkins, Buildkite, or equivalent systems Experience developing with Swift, Xcode, or other Apple platform technologies Familiarity with software observability, metrics systems, or developer productivity analytics Experience working across multiple concurrent projects in a fast-paced, cross-functional engineering environment Demonstrated ability to communicate technical concepts and project plans clearly across engineering and non-engineering stakeholders Experience leveraging and integrating AI thoughtfully in large-scale production workflows to improve engineering throughput Experience with Xcode and CMake are a bonus Experience with computer vision, video processing, and/or machine learning data infrastructure is a bonus

Sample Apple interview questions

  • 1

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  • 2

    Design a rate limiter

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  • 3

    Architect a key-value store for distributed systems.

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  • 4

    Design a system to schedule jobs in a distributed environment

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  • 5

    What is an API and how does it work?

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