Software Engineer, Cloud Services ASE

The Apple Services Engineering (ASE) team is one of the most exciting examples of Apple’s long-held passion for combining art and technology. We are the people who power the App Store, Apple TV and Sports, Apple Music, Podcasts, and Books along with Cloud and Infrastructure Services platforms. Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what we can accomplish together. Do you love crafting elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Are you passionate about building distributed, scalable solutions? Our team develops end to end software solutions and services that are consumed by numerous customers. This is a great opportunity to showcase your deep knowledge in software development, system architecture, and cloud technologies.

Our team operates and maintains cloud infrastructure that demands high availability and performance. This is a highly technical, hands-on role that requires a wide and deep experience in leading infrastructure and applications. We offer a tremendous amount of individual responsibility and influence over the direction of critical services for years to come. You are someone with ideas and a real passion for software delivered as a service to improve reuse, efficiency, and simplicity!

Minimum Qualifications

• Extensive experience working on large enterprise environments with the demonstrated ability to architect and deliver solutions at scale.
• 1+ YOE with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP
• 1+ YOE with CI/CD tools and techniques, containers, and Kubernetes
• 1+ YOE in Golang programming and the ability to pivot to other languages as needed
• Strong understanding of architectural design principles, including security, high availability, and resiliency.
• Experience applying cloud security best practices at the organizational level, including AWS Organizations, Service Control Policies (SCPs), and management (root) and member accounts, with exposure to equivalent constructs in other clouds such as GCP and Alibaba Cloud.
• Proficiency in designing and building RESTful APIs.
• Hands-on experience operating and developing infrastructure and services in cloud platforms.
• Knowledge of network protocols and Linux/Unix system internals.
• Familiarity with authentication and authorization technologies such as IAM and SSO.
• B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent professional experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven track record of leading projects with minimal direction.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Leadership skills with the ability to mentor and inspire others.