
Systems Software Developer
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.
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
Design a typeahead box for a search engine
system designmedium - 2
Design a rate limiter
system designmedium - 3
Architect a key-value store for distributed systems.
system designmedium - 4
Design a system to schedule jobs in a distributed environment
system designmedium - 5
What is an API and how does it work?
technicalmedium
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