Senior Software Engineer, iCloud Platform

Requirements

• Swift / Java programming or similar high level language programming experience
• Large-scale services - Experience designing, delivering, and operating large-scale services
• Quality focus - Strive to improve quality, ease of operation, and reliability
• Communication - Skilled in cross-functional communication and collaboration
• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering-related field, or equivalent related experience with track record of delivering and operating high quality software at scale

Nice to Haves

• Experience navigating ambiguity and leading initiatives or workstreams
• Cloud - Knowledge of Kubernetes or other methods of automating and scaling cloud deployments, load balancing and traffic routing
• Systems - Understanding of Linux or Apple OS fundamentals
• Security - Background understanding of cryptography and security
• Experience in the Media Streaming domain (Video formats, Codecs, HLS) is a plus

What You'll Be Doing

• Work on key components of a novel system, introducing new fundamental capabilities enabling entirely new applications
• Collaborate with world-class teams passionate about engineering and delivering features with strong privacy guarantees
• Develop early production systems into services run reliably at scale
• Reason about complex failure modes in distributed systems
• Push for best practices in CI/CD, observability, and SLOs

Perks and Benefits

• Fast-paced product development environment
• Opportunity to refine ambiguity into valuable outcomes
• Second-level support when expertise is required, potentially out of hours