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Sr Software Engineer, Observability

Apple
Seattle, WA Other
POSTED ON 8/27/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/27/2026
The ASE Observability team is responsible for designing, building, and operating the core observability platforms that enable engineering organizations at Apple to monitor, debug, and optimize infrastructure and systems at scale. We develop platform solutions that provide comprehensive visibility into application performance, system health, and operational metrics across the entire technology stack. We are on a journey to continue building our next-generation observability platform with new capabilities like Distributed Tracing, Logging and Continuous profiling. Your responsibilities will include : Requirement gathering across cross functional teams Developing practical, fault-tolerant high-performance distributed systems. Leading and participating in technical design discussions acrosscross functional teams. Gain in-depth understanding of the observability domain and come up with creative ideas in the domain. Willingness to lead an independent research in the field of work. Mentor other engineers in the team. You will have the courage and experience to be frank and ambitious but humble enough to listen to others. We want your thoughts on how we can move faster, be more creative, and deliver tools and ideas to empower developers around the world. We expect you to challenge the status quo, to care about the details, the end user, and how it all comes together. We are looking for enthusiastic developers to join as a member of this collaborative and friendly team. You should be someone with ideas and passion for software delivered as a service to maximize reuse, efficiency, and simplicity. Your work will impact millions of Apple users and is necessary to the success of some of the most visible current and future features. Minimum Qualifications: Experience and insight into designing, implementing and supporting highly scalable infrastructure services. 10 to 15 years of industry experience in building and maintaining backend distributed systems. Deep understanding of core computer science concepts including data structures, algorithms, and concurrent programming. Strong attention to detail and excellent analytical capabilities. Passion for developing and testing clear, robust code. Ability to learn and apply new technologies and frameworks. Great communication skills. Preferred Qualifications: Familiarity with OpenTelemetry and OSS tools in the Observability space Proficient in one of Java, Rust is desirable. Familiarity with Kubernetes on Linux is a plus.

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