System Software Engineer

Apple

Seattle, WA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), Apple, Apple Servers, Application Programming Interface (API), Artificial Intelligence (AI), C Programming Language, C++ Programming Language, Cloud Architecture, Cloud Computing, Communication Skills, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Systems, Distributed Computing, Docker, Energy Efficiency, Engineering, GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), Large-Scale Systems, Linux Operating System, Low-Level Design, Machine Learning, Network Operations Center, Objective-C Programming Language, Operating Systems, Performance Tuning/Optimization, Power Generation, Process Management, Programming Tools, Software Administration, Software Architecture, Software Engineering, Swift, Systems Engineering, Systems Maintenance, Systems Scalability, Systems/Internals Programming, Team Player
LOCATION
Seattle, WA
POSTED
22 days ago
**Role Number:** 200642314-3337 **Summary** The cloudOS team is responsible for all facets of delivering OS and system services on Apple silicon servers, including driving hardware and software initiatives to enable new Apple silicon-based systems in data centers. **Description** The Cloud OS System Software Team is looking for an exceptional software engineer to build and integrate software to orchestrate workloads across highly performant and energy efficient systems that will power the next generation of data centers. In this highly collaborative role, you will be at the center of multiple efforts to utilize hardware acceleration for machine learning and high performance computing workloads. You will be part of a team that builds and maintains system software such as runtime libraries, frameworks, and daemons that will power the next generations of data centers. You will partner with teams across Apple to adapt, tailor, and scale software on a novel compute platform and will help to build the foundation of our future cloud architecture. We are seeking a skilled Software Engineer to join our System Software Team focused on optimizing and maintaining the core infrastructure of our data center environments. You will work on enhancing operating system performance, scalability, and reliability, ensuring seamless operations for large-scale distributed systems. If you're passionate about system engineering and optimizing OS performance at scale, we'd love to hear from you! **Minimum Qualifications** + 4+ years of software engineering experience + Proficiency in one of C/C++, Obj-C, Swift + Strong knowledge of OS architecture, and low-level system components. + Passion for software architecture, APIs, and high performance extensible software + Excellent communication skills + Creative, collaborative, and product-focused + Solid understanding of Linux or Apple OS system programming, including process management, IPC, signals, and daemon lifecycle. + Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience. **Preferred Qualifications** + Familiarity with init systems (systemd, launchd, upstart) and service orchestration. + Knowledge of distributed systems, cloud computing, and large-scale data center infrastructure is a plus. + Experience with Swift, Objective-C and Apple development tools + Experience with AI accelerators (GPUs, TPUs, ASICs) or distributed systems + Knowledge of container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and AI workload orchestration.

About the Company

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Apple

We bring amazing people together to make amazing things happen.

We’re a diverse collection of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, as well as with services, including iTunes, the App Store, Apple Music, and Apple Pay. And the same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it.

About Apple

There’s a place here for every kind of brilliant. Everyone here is an innovator, or an innovator-to-be, no matter what your team or your role. So bring your passion, courage, and original thinking and get ready to share it, because every new product, service, or feature we invent is the result of people working together to make each others’ ideas stronger. Innovation at this level depends on people who represent the variety of the human experience and inspire us with their own fresh perspectives. Together, we’ll do amazing work that can make a difference in people’s lives. Including your own. Learn more about working at Apple.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Other/Not Classified
FOUNDED
1976
WEBSITE
https://www.apple.com/jobs