Job Details

Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering

Cupertino, California, United States

Software and Services

Summary

Posted: Apr 02, 2025

Role Number: 200598091

Candidate will be responsible for engineering and maintaining services related to iCloud metadata management. This includes writing, testing, and deploying Java code, monitoring the services and their dependencies, and keeping the services operational. Light on-call duties, primarily during business hours, one week every few weeks.

Description

The iCloud Metadata Management team works across iCloud to help keep everything neat and tidy. If you have an iCloud account, our team’s services have taken care of it. We solve complex problems on a worldwide scale, handle massive amounts of data, and work hard to keep iCloud running efficiently. We dive deep into the details, working with the apps you know and use every day - like Photos, Mail, and Notes - to understand those systems, and to build solutions that keep our platform running well. And because our services maintain our users most important data, we operate with a deep level of care and precision.

You will be writing, testing, and deploying code, then monitoring our services and their dependencies across iCloud. You will be working cross-functionally with multiple teams and stakeholders: understanding their needs, collaboratively designing solutions, and building functionality to solve problems. We do all of this with the utmost care, because reliability is our top priority. We have billions of users that expect the highest quality, and when you obsess over the customer experience - as we do at Apple - you’ll have the opportunity to do your life’s best work. If you’re an engineer that wants to work in a massively distributed system, in a high-stakes area where you have to get it right, where the details matter - the Metadata Management team is for you.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering-related field or equivalent job-related experience

• 5 years experience developing server software in Java, Go, or similar object-oriented languages

• Experience working with large-scale databases (Relational or NoSQL)

• Knowledge related to designing and building large distributed systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Self-motivated

• Ability to build relationships with diverse groups of people

• Excellent communication skills

• Understanding of concurrency and consistency in distributed systems

• Experience deploying and maintaining scalable applications

Pay & Benefits

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 $143,100 and $264,200, 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. (https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html)

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

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