Senior Software Engineer - Apple Services Engineering (ASE)

Apple is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join their Apple Services Engineering (ASE) team, focusing on developing world-class privacy-focused platform services. This role is part of the Apple Cloud Platform organization, working on foundational privacy features that impact over a billion users.

The position involves building and maintaining services that enable critical product features including iCloud Private Relay, Apple Intelligence, Private Cloud Compute, private inferencing, and private authentication. You'll be working at planet scale, requiring strong expertise in distributed systems, network protocols, and client-server architectures.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with teams across Apple to develop features for the Apple ecosystem
• Improve service scalability, availability, and performance
• Evolve system architecture to support continued growth
• Collaborate with SRE teams on production issues
• Build privacy-preserving experiences at scale

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in engineering or equivalent experience
• Strong background in designing and operating scalable web services
• Excellence in analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong collaboration and communication abilities
• Self-directed project management skills
• Focus on user experience and data privacy

The role offers competitive compensation ($175,800 - $264,200) plus equity opportunities through stock programs. Benefits include comprehensive medical/dental coverage, retirement benefits, education reimbursement, and potential bonuses. You'll be part of a small, high-visibility team with significant impact on Apple's privacy-focused services and features used by billions of customers worldwide.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced engineer passionate about privacy, distributed systems, and building large-scale services that directly impact Apple's core products and services.