Apple

Senior Software Release Qualification Engineer, Private Cloud Computing

Apple$130K — $180K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in release engineering for large-scale systems
  • Expert-level proficiency with C++, Swift, and Python
  • Proven track record of designing CI/CD systems at scale
  • Experience delivering software under tight deadlines
  • BS in Computer Science or equivalent; MS/PhD preferred
  • Experience with ML or LLM workloads on hardware accelerators
  • Knowledge of performance profiling for high-performance computing

Responsibilities

  • Drive the development of build pipelines and automation infrastructure
  • Design CI/CD systems to support large-scale operations
  • Resolve complex system-level issues collaboratively with teams
  • Collaborate with platform and software teams for validation
  • Build tooling and automation for rapid deployment
  • Engineer solutions for novel compute platforms
  • Work across teams including Security and AIML for software adaptation

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Retirement savings plan
  • Generous paid time off and holidays
  • Employee discounts on Apple products
  • Wellness resources and support programs
  • Access to professional development opportunities
Full Job Description
As a Senior Engineer on the Private Cloud Compute team, you will be the technical driver for the build pipelines, automation infrastructure, and validation frameworks that underpin Apple's most complex distributed systems. This is a hands-on role where you will operate across the full stack, ensuring that next-generation datacenter technology is ready to scale to a massive audience.

You will be expected to provide deep technical expertise to every initiative you own, from designing CI/CD systems at scale to resolving the most complex system-level issues. You will collaborate with platform and software teams to validate novel compute platforms before they reach production, building the tooling and automation that allows Apple to move with speed and confidence.

This role requires a unique blend of release engineering excellence and LLM inference acumen. You will partner with teams across Apple-including Foundation Models, AIML, and Security-to adapt and scale software on novel compute platforms. If you are a senior practitioner who thrives on solving hard problems and building systems that have never been built before, this is the role for you.

Minimum Qualifications

10+ years of experience in release engineering, build infrastructure, and production releases for large-scale systems.

Exceptional Coding Skills: Expert-level proficiency with C++, Swift, and Python toolchains.

CI/CD at Scale: Proven track record of designing and operating large-scale build systems with a focus on cost efficiency, caching, and flake reduction.

High-Stakes Delivery: Experience shipping software on tight, non-negotiable deadlines tied to major hardware or OS launches.

BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience. MS or PhD is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

Inference Expertise: Experience validating ML or LLM workloads running on hardware accelerators (GPUs, NPUs, or Apple Silicon) in cloud or datacenter environments.

Low-Level Systems: Experience building test infrastructure at the hardware-software boundary, including firmware, drivers, or low-level platform software.

Performance Engineering: Knowledge of energy efficiency and performance profiling for high-performance computing workloads.

Cloud Infrastructure: Prior experience working in private cloud, hyperscale datacenter, or edge compute environments.

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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154,000 employees
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Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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