Join Apple’s innovative team to shape the future of traffic and service development. In this role, you will drive the design, development, and maintenance of network services, proxies, meshes, libraries, and other critical infrastructure components that ensure secure, scalable, and transparent connectivity across Apple cloud environments!
Description
As a Traffic Engineer, you will orchestrate the design and development of cutting-edge traffic components, ranging from network proxying and load balancing to security, routing, and quality of service. These components power Apple services at an unprecedented scale for hundreds of millions of users worldwide. In this role, you'll be instrumental in enhancing our network stack for improved ingress and egress functionality, helping architect the backbone of Apple.
This position goes beyond coding. It's about pushing the boundaries of what's possible in software development by addressing challenges at an extraordinary scale and driving innovation in traffic management. If you're passionate about shaping the future of network engineering and influencing the direction of an industry giant, this is your opportunity to shine.
At Apple, we are committed to fostering a collaborative work environment where you can choose the balance between focused work and social interaction. You’ll provide and receive technical guidance and mentorship, nurturing a culture that values each team member's unique skills, backgrounds, and working styles. We pride ourselves on an encouraging, growth-focused culture that also supports a healthy work-life balance.
Minimum Qualifications
- 4+ years of relevant industry experience
- Professional expertise in software engineering
- Skilled with one or more advanced programming language such as C, C++, Java or Go
- Full product lifecycle ownership mindset (design → implementation → production)
- Passionate about improving the team and partners you work with
- BS degree or higher in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Traffic and Edge: Professional expertise in Traffic/Edge Engineering or Cloud Networking
- Expertise with Envoy: experience developing and deploying control-plane and data-plane components for Envoy, including but not limited to EnvoyGateway and other proxy-related services.
- Proficiency in Golang: experience in writing performant and efficient Golang code in production environments.
- Proficiency in Java: experience in Java, with a good understanding of object-oriented programming, multi-threading, and JVM performance tuning.
- Proficiency in Kubernetes/Puppet/Istio: Experience with Kubernetes/Puppet/Istio for orchestrating microservices, with knowledge of deployments, services, ingress and custom controllers.
- Infrastructure Traffic Experience: Familiarity with traffic management patterns, service discovery, load balancing, observability, and security in modern distributed systems.
- API Design: Ability to design RESTful APIs and gRPC services for integration with internal and external systems.
- Collaborative Mindset: Strong communication skills with an ability to collaborate effectively with remote teams.
- Experience with Large-Scale Distributed Systems: Experience in designing and maintaining large-scale systems that handle significant volumes of traffic across complex infrastructure setups. This includes knowledge of performance tuning, resource management, and the ability to scale systems efficiently.
Pay & Benefits
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.
