February 6, 2025

Foundational Infrastructure Engineer

Mid • On-site

$207,800 - $378,700/yr

Cupertino, CA

Summary

Posted:
Weekly Hours: 40
Role Number:200589967
Do you love crafting elegant solutions to highly sophisticated challenges? Can you intrinsically see the importance of every detail? At Apple, our compute team is responsible for crafting and building the foundational pieces of our data center software. In this role, you will collaborate with engineers across Apple to build and deploy scalable, reliable, and high-performance cloud systems that support Apple’s research and development. The Apple Service Engineering (ASE) team builds and provides systems and infrastructure that power Apple’s services (such as iCloud, iTunes, Siri, and Maps). Apple’s uniquely detailed hardware, software and services integration means that you will get to work with extraordinary engineers from a variety of fields to design and deliver products that our customers love. Our services have to scale globally, stay highly available, and "just work.” If you love crafting, engineering, and running systems that will help millions of customers, then this is the place for you!

Description

In this role you will be responsible for developing, debugging and maintaining software to operate a large compute fleet. You will: - Work with a wide range of software and hardware engineering teams across Apple to support their approaches or integrate their technology into common components - Automate operational processes via services and tools - Develop within configuration management and fleet orchestration via SaltStack, Ansible, Puppet, or other orchestration tools - Design, implement, and maintain robust, scalable, and highly available services that support infrastructure management - Develop and work with large scale Kubernetes clusters - Monitor on-server system performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement solutions to improve efficiency - Conduct root cause analysis for on-server system failures and implement preventive measures - Write and review code, generate and review design documentation - Participate in qualifications and rollouts of software to production clusters

Minimum Qualifications

  • BS with 7+ years of experience in system software development or MS degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or related field
  • Familiarity with the mechanics behind infrastructure management
  • Strong systems programming skills and knowledge of operating system fundamentals
  • Strong understanding of concurrency, parallelism, and distributed systems concepts
  • In-depth knowledge of algorithms and distributed system architectures
  • Enthusiastic about upholding Apple’s standards in product quality, design, and user experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • Having some of the following is preferable. It is not required to have experience with everything below:
  • Experience with large scale server provisioning and maintenance including fundamentals such as DHCP, iPXE, etc.
  • Familiarity with node management systems like SaltStack, Ansible, Puppet
  • Experience building software solutions in Golang, Python, C/C++, Swift, Java, or similar languages
  • Familiarity with scheduling, batch, or cloud architectures
  • Experience with Kubernetes, postgresql, zookeeper, etcd
  • Experience with measuring, analyzing, and optimizing performance in host as well guest environments
  • Prior working experience and deep understanding of node management agents (e.g., kubelet), and node orchestration solutions to handle large scale infrastructures
  • Solid understanding of networking protocols and security standard methodologies
  • Customer focused thinking and strong problem solver with attention to detail
  • Ability to optimally communicate within a team and with project collaborators

Pay & Benefits

  • At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $207,800 and $378,700, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

    Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

    Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

  • Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.