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Sr. System Software Engineer, Apple Data Centers
AWM-3363-Sr. System Software Engineer, Apple Data Centers
3/7/2026
3/12/2026
Negotiable
Permanent

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www.apple.com
Seattle, WA, 98194, USA
Seattle
Washington
United States
98194

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Role Number: 200649779-3337

Summary

The Apple Cloud Engineering team is looking for an exceptional software engineer to create highly performant and energy efficient systems that will power the next generation of data centers.

We’re looking for an engineer who can build and use models of our Data Centers to inform critical architectural decisions, who can write code for power and thermal management systems, and who can effectively lead and participate in cross-functional requirements engineering efforts during early architecture phases of development.

If you are interested in working at the intersection of hardware and software for large scale, high visibility, and high impact projects, then this role will be exciting for you.

Description

You will work cross-functionally with architecture, platform design, SOC architects, and software teams to develop and integrate best in class hardware, software and services. You will be responsible for architecting, developing, and on-boarding other engineers to maintain system software that powers next generation of data centers. As a member of the team, you will participate in all stages of software development, from new feature design and implementation, to maintenance and bug fixing of released code. You will build models for data center power and thermal systems that can inform critical architectural decisions. You will also use those models to ensure system functionality, verify requirements, understand failure modes, and ensure operation within defined limits.

Minimum Qualifications

  • 7+ years of industry experience as a system software developer

  • Experience with tools used in systems dynamics or systems engineering fields such as JMP, Matlab, Simulink, Cameo, or equivalent

  • Expertise in C, C++, Objective-C, or Swift

  • Strong understanding of OS architecture and systems programming fundamentals

  • Proficient at debugging complex interdisciplinary systems

  • Experience with requirements engineering

  • Excellent communication skills

  • Creative, collaborative, and product-focused

  • B.S. or M.S. in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • Formal training in systems engineering

  • Experience with distributed systems including leader election

  • Data center power systems development experience

  • Control systems development including transfer function development experience

  • Experience working with factory processes and system bring-up

  • Experience in calculating total cost of ownership (TCO)

  • Strong understanding of infrastructure and platform system reliability calculations and fault domains

  • Experience with hardware resource planning

  • Experience with hardware deployment models

  • Experience with Apple development tools

  • Experience presenting architectural concepts and designs to executives

  • Passion for software architecture, APIs and high performance extensible software.

  • Passion for hardware and maximizing it’s efficiency, performance, and overall utility through thoughtful software architecture

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 (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

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