
Sr Software Engineer, Infrastructure Services
Required skills
- GoLang
- cloud-native infrastructure
- network automation
- systems programming
- concurrency patterns
- high-performance code
- L3/L4 networking
- IPv4
- IPv6
- dual-stack
Nice to have
- cloud provider networking resources
- APIs
- SDKs
- infrastructure deployments
- Terraform
- AWS CloudFormation
Role summary
Apple's Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) organization is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer for its Infrastructure Services team. This role involves designing, building, and running highly scalable and reliable cloud infrastructure services, focusing on virtualized networks, computing, and storage. The engineer will tackle complex challenges at a global scale, requiring innovation in distributed systems and resilient programming. The position emphasizes building systems from scratch for massive infrastructure needs.
Description
We’re looking for passionate folks who love building super-scalable, reliable, and user-friendly systems to support one of the world’s biggest cloud infrastructures. You’ll be designing, building, and running new services that help lead virtualized networks, computing, and storage. Working at our global scale brings some unique and tough challenges that require us to come up with radical innovations. These services are built using skills from different areas, like distributed systems, user experience, and modular and resilient programming. If you’re excited about innovating and building systems from scratch for the massive scale of our infrastructure, then our team might be the perfect place for you!
Minimum Qualifications
5 years of experience in software development, with a strong focus on cloud- native infrastructure, network automation, or systems programming. Strong proficiency in GoLang, C or python with a willingness to work primarily in GoLang. A solid understanding of concurrency patterns and writing high-performance code. Deep working knowledge of L3/L4 networking - IPv4/IPv6, dual-stack, Routing, IPAM, NAT, DNS, implementations. Strong understanding of traffic steering, policy-based routing, and stateful connection tracking. Strong experience troubleshooting network connectivity and routing issues directly within cloud environments using cloud metrics, flow logs, and packet analysis tools (e.g., tcpdump, Wireshark). Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
Preferred Qualifications
Hands-on experience managing cloud provider networking resources programmatically via APIs/ SDKs, or automating infrastructure deployments (Terraform or AWS CloudFormation) within AWS or GCP environments. Experience working with Linux network virtualization constructs (network namespaces, iptables/nftables, eBPF, routing tables), or developing network virtual appliances. Hands-on experience with packet-forwarding data paths (Open vSwitch/OVS), switching fabrics, or network security technologies. Proven experience building test automation frameworks specifically designed to validate network infrastructure, alongside implementing CI/CD pipelines
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
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