Senior Software Engineering

Senior Software Engineer - Compute

People at Apple don't just build products — they craft the kind of experience that has revolutionized entire industries. The diverse collection of our people and their ideas inspire innovation in everything we do. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. The Apple Service Engineering (ASE) team builds and provides systems and infrastructure that power Apple's services (such as iCloud, Apple Music, Apple Intelligence, and Maps). We are the foundation on which Apple's software developers build the products that our customers love. If you love designing, engineering, and running systems and infrastructure that will help millions of customers, then this is the place for you!

Apple Service Engineering (ASE)'s Compute team is seeking an experienced SRE software engineer to build and enhance compute infrastructure, ensuring that services scale to meet the demands of Apple's Services offerings. You will work with world-class engineers on core components of Apple's Cloud Platform with an emphasis on VM lifecycle management and bare metal infrastructure to help fit Apple's diverse needs. Ultimately, you will help build the platform that delivers our applications at scale to our end users. This role offers unique opportunities to solve problems through AI-assisted automation, including building and leveraging AI tools to accelerate triage, operational workflows, and infrastructure tooling tailored to SRE workflows and infrastructure operations.

Automate deployment and orchestration of compute infrastructure as well as other routine processes

Leverage AI to gain insight across large systems and build tools that can be used in a production environment

Interact with and support partner teams, including engineering, QA, and program management

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, an engineering-related field, or equivalent related experience. 7+ years in a Site Reliability Engineering Infrastructure focused role

• Automation advocate with a strong sense of ownership - you truly believe in removing operational load via software
• Strong experience with building and scaling cloud infrastructure and large-scale distributed systems
• Highly proficient in Go or Python
• Be capable of collaborating and coordinating with multiple distinct engineering teams and mentoring others
• Experienced with highly distributed unix systems

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. 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 seek to promote 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. You'll find that idea reflected in everything here — in our culture, our benefits and our digital tools. By welcoming as many perspectives as possible, we help you build a career where you feel like you belong. Learn about accessibility in Apple's workplace Learn about reasonable accommodations for job applicants Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.