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Apple Senior Systems Software Engineer 
United States, West Virginia 
524741650

05.09.2025
The ASE Compute team is seeking a seasoned software engineer to enhance our internal cloud infrastructure offerings. You will be accountable for the central components of an innovative high-performance batch compute platform, integrating the latest cloud hardware technologies with Apple's proprietary hardware and software. In this role, you will work with teams across Apple to deliver forward-looking, high-performance virtualized infrastructure, supporting the hardware and software teams that power the next generation of Apple devices. You'll partner with internal application teams to understand their requirements, co-design operating system features and data center infrastructure to meet your needs, and identify emerging technologies to incorporate into our services.
As a Senior Systems Software Engineer, you will develop, debug, and maintain an in-house virtualized infrastructure platform. Your responsibilities will include:- Designing, implementing, and optimizing virtualized compute offerings across a range of hardware types- Working on reliability, scalability, resilience, security, and performance limits of infrastructure services, while maintaining curiosity about system operation and failure- Developing benchmarks representative of real workloads, analyzing and improving scale, troubleshooting performance efficiency and resilience issues, and fine-tuning performance of low-latency, high-throughput virtualized workloads- Conducting root cause analysis for on-server system failures and implementing preventive measures- Participating in software release qualifications and large-scale software and hardware upgrades to production clusters
  • Demonstrated knowledge and experience in distributed systems and operating systems, applied to build stable, performant, and secure execution environments
  • Strong Linux / XNU development background, including kernel-level development
  • Familiarity with all aspects of software development, from architecture to deployment and maintenance
  • Ability to tackle and resolve complex issues across accelerator, virtualization, and networking layers, ensuring robust performance, stability, and security
  • Quick learner and contributor to new code bases
  • Customer-focused thinking and strong problem-solving skills with attention to detail
  • Effective communication within a team, experience leading initiatives and collaborating across multidisciplinary teams. Willingness to act as a team catalyst to help grow the team and mentor junior engineers
  • Enthusiasm about upholding Apple’s standards in product quality, design, and user experience
  • BS with 5+ years of experience in system software development or MS in Computer Science
  • Fluency in Go (Golang), Python, C++ or similar languages in a systems context
  • Prior experience working with diverse hardware, operating systems, container runtimes (lxc, docker, containerd), and virtualization stacks (Qemu, KVM, Libvirt on x86, ARM)
  • Deep understanding and prior experience with node management agents (e.g., kubelet) and node orchestration solutions for managing large-scale infrastructures
  • Strong proficiency in Linux/Unix internals, administration, and troubleshooting
  • Experience with measuring, analyzing, and optimizing performance in both host and guest environments
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.