What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Development Engineer - Cloud Quality position at Apple?
Summary
The Apple Services Engineering (ASE) team is one of the most exciting examples of Apple’s long-held passion for combining art and technology. We are the people who power the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Books. And we do it on a massive scale, meeting Apple’s high expectations with high performance to deliver a huge variety of entertainment in over 35 languages to more than 150 countries. We are looking for a passionate and talented engineer focussed on building tooling to enable robust testing and monitoring of our infrastructure and services. Our solutions must scale globally, be highly available, performant, and simply 'just work'. If you love running, monitoring and improving systems that delight millions of customers, then this is the place for you.
Description
As Apple Cloud Infrastructure Quality engineer, you’ll develop frameworks for developers to better manage configurations and features across various data centers and cloud services. You’ll also build tools for developers to enable continuous automated end-to-end testing practices prior to releases. You’ll design and implement solutions to enable monitoring of the tech stack across various environments. This position requires practical knowledge of Kubernetes, public cloud platforms, software engineering, operations and automation. Building and managing relationships with diverse sets of customers will be critical to ensure collective success. You’ll build preventative solutions essential to diagnose and improve products and services that touch hundreds of millions of users. To be successful you should be self-motivated, flexible in your approach, and exude tight-knit collaboration skills, including the ability to mentor and be mentored. Creativity, innovation and a persistent drive for result will be required to design user experiences for tools that have no parallel. We are looking for a standout colleague who is able to take on challenges under tight deadline constraints and deliver imaginative solutions to complex problems.
Minimum Qualifications
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 $139,500 and $210,100, 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 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. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.
Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.
The Apple Services Engineering (ASE) team is one of the most exciting examples of Apple’s long-held passion for combining art and technology. We are the people who power the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Books. And we do it on a massive scale, meeting Apple’s high expectations with high performance to deliver a huge variety of entertainment in over 35 languages to more than 150 countries. We are looking for a passionate and talented engineer focussed on building tooling to enable robust testing and monitoring of our infrastructure and services. Our solutions must scale globally, be highly available, performant, and simply 'just work'. If you love running, monitoring and improving systems that delight millions of customers, then this is the place for you.
Description
As Apple Cloud Infrastructure Quality engineer, you’ll develop frameworks for developers to better manage configurations and features across various data centers and cloud services. You’ll also build tools for developers to enable continuous automated end-to-end testing practices prior to releases. You’ll design and implement solutions to enable monitoring of the tech stack across various environments. This position requires practical knowledge of Kubernetes, public cloud platforms, software engineering, operations and automation. Building and managing relationships with diverse sets of customers will be critical to ensure collective success. You’ll build preventative solutions essential to diagnose and improve products and services that touch hundreds of millions of users. To be successful you should be self-motivated, flexible in your approach, and exude tight-knit collaboration skills, including the ability to mentor and be mentored. Creativity, innovation and a persistent drive for result will be required to design user experiences for tools that have no parallel. We are looking for a standout colleague who is able to take on challenges under tight deadline constraints and deliver imaginative solutions to complex problems.
Minimum Qualifications
- BS CS or equivalent experience
- Strong infrastructure development knowledge and experience
- Experience coding and building components of Kubernetes/VMs/Networking/Storage layers
- Experience developing end-to-end infrastructure testing and/or configuration management frameworks
- Programming in languages such as Golang, Java, JavaScript, Python, etc
- Proven ability to self-start, learn, plan, prioritize and deliver to deadlines
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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 $139,500 and $210,100, 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 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. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.
Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.
Salary : $139,500 - $210,100