Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering

We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join Apple's cloud services infrastructure team, specifically working on CloudKit - Apple's foundational privacy-focused database platform. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on technology that impacts billions of active Apple customers worldwide.

CloudKit is the backbone of iCloud, providing a strongly-consistent database platform that powers critical Apple services including Photos, Drive, Notes, Keynote, News, and numerous third-party applications. The platform is built with user privacy as a core principle while delivering high performance, availability, and scalability.

As a key member of our world-class engineering team, you will:

• Design and develop multi-tenant platform components using various technologies
• Collaborate across Apple teams to ship new customer-facing features
• Lead end-to-end project execution from design through production deployment
• Build and maintain highly concurrent, throughput-intensive services
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in distributed systems, with 4+ years of experience in Java, C, or C++. You should be well-versed in NoSQL/relational databases, concurrent programming, and large-scale distributed systems. Knowledge of technologies like FoundationDB, Redis, Kafka, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP) is highly valued.

This role offers the opportunity to:

• Work on technology that impacts billions of Apple users worldwide
• Join a passionate team dedicated to engineering excellence
• Build privacy-focused, scalable cloud infrastructure
• Contribute to Apple's core cloud services platform
• Grow professionally in a collaborative, innovative environment

Benefits include competitive base pay ($132,100-$244,600), equity opportunities through stock programs, comprehensive medical/dental coverage, retirement benefits, education reimbursement, and various Apple product discounts.