Apple

Software Development Engineer - Applications

Apple$120K — $150K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or related field.
  • 3 years of experience in large scale distributed systems deployment.
  • Proficiency with Unix, Linux, and Shell scripting for deployment improvements.
  • Experience with cloud services like AWS, GCP, or AliCloud for infrastructure management.
  • Familiarity with Docker, Jenkins, and CI/CD methodologies.

Responsibilities

  • Deploy and maintain large scale distributed software systems in production.
  • Design and develop automated CI/CD build and release systems.
  • Automate CI/CD pipelines for faster software delivery.
  • Create and maintain scalable, fault-tolerant infrastructure including storage and networking.
  • Manage production host clusters across multiple regions.
  • Monitor and troubleshoot production issues for quick recovery.
  • Conduct system performance tuning and capacity planning.

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment with options for remote work.
  • Opportunities for professional development and training.
  • Access to cutting-edge technology and tools.
  • Collaborative team dynamics with a focus on innovation.
  • Health and wellness programs for employees.
Full Job Description
APPLE INC has the following available in Austin, Texas. Deploy and maintain large scale distributed software systems on production. Design and develop fully automated scalable Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) build/release systems. Automate CI/CD pipelines enable faster and efficient software release delivery. Design and maintain scalable and fault tolerant production serving infrastructure including storage systems, network, application architecture, and databases (DB). Manage production host clusters across multiple regions. Maintenance of all production Infrastructure including hardware or software upgrades. Employ knowledge of storage systems, network layer, application architecture, and DB for quick and accurate troubleshooting of large production system issues. Develop monitoring systems to proactively detect production issues due to infrastructure, new compliance or business features and enable quick recovery. Immediate triaging (within 15 minutes) for any P1 incidents which impact Apple Retail and Customers. Develop production operation tools which enable effective troubleshooting and identifying problems, involving monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk and dashboards/alerts on such tools. Conduct system performance tuning and design. Performance tuning to ensure applications are performing within defined SLAs. Perform capacity planning of production clusters scaled to organic growth and expansion. Confirm software and infrastructure is scaled out to meet need as traffic on applications grow with time. 40 hours/week. Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field and 3 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation. 3 years of experience with each of the following skills is required: Using Unix, Linux, and Shell Scripts to improve deployment infrastructure and processing. Using Load Balancers, DNS, and Nginx. Using SQL (e.g. Oracle or Postgres), NoSQL datastore (e.g. Couchbase or Cassandra), messaging (e.g. Kafka or RabbitMQ) and search technologies (e.g. Solr or Elastic Search). Managing Configuration management using Ansible, Jenkins, and Git. Large scale production monitoring, and troubleshooting as on-call support team. Utilizing Docker, Jenkins, and GitOps principles for CI/CD implementation as well as Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) system design and development. Utilizing Web and REST for Micro services application architecture including Java and Tomcat. Managing application deployments as well as maintaining infrastructure using cloud vendors such as AWS, GCP, or AliCloud. Utilizing Kubernetes to execute brand new application stacks as well as lift and shift of existing cloud applications. N/A

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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Learn more about Apple
Size
154,000 employees
Market Cap
$2,074.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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