Apple

Software Development Engineer (Postgres), AI & Data Platforms (AiDP)

Apple$150K — $180K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS in Computer Science or related field with 5+ years of experience
  • High proficiency in C, C++, and Rust programming languages
  • Strong grasp of data structures and algorithms specific to storage and indexing
  • Proven track record in developing database systems and storage engines
  • Experience in open source community contributions
  • Familiarity with relational database internals, particularly PostgreSQL

Responsibilities

  • Develop and operate Apple’s cloud-based PostgreSQL database services
  • Enhance query execution, storage, and replication capabilities
  • Ensure high availability and performance of database systems
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams on database architecture
  • Implement new features in line with open-source PostgreSQL
  • Oversee debugging, profiling, and performance optimization

Benefits

  • Opportunities to work on cutting-edge technology in AI and database systems
  • Collaborative work environment with a team of experts
  • Impact on critical Apple services used by millions worldwide
  • Exposure to large-scale data challenges across multiple data centers
  • Professional development in open source and enterprise-class database technology
Full Job Description
The Postgres team at Apple invites interested engineers to join our team to develop and contribute to PostgreSQL, the world's most popular open source relational database. Our engineers develop and operate Apple's cloud-based relational databases service hosting PostgreSQL databases that power some of Apple's most important workloads in Services, Manufacturing, AIML and many more. You will be joining a team of experts working on modern database technologies, distributed systems and storage engineering, helping push the limits of open-source PostgreSQL in order to offer enterprise-class performance, availability and durability to our customers, as well as to ensure reliable administration. Your work will be deployed at massive scale, serving millions of queries per second over many petabytes of data across our data-centers worldwide and impact the experiences of many millions of users of key Apple services.

AI & Data Platforms (AiDP) is IS&T's engine for AI-powered innovation. The team brings together data, application development, and machine learning - including generative AI - along with data services and customer success functions, to help IS&T build solutions more efficiently and streamline the adoption and embedding of generative AI across Apple.

Description

The Apple Postgres team develops and operates a highly reliable, cloud relational databases service that serves all of Apple. We're looking for curious, enthusiastic and collaborative developers with an extraordinary degree of care and rigor in engineering who can contribute to all major components of PostgreSQL, including query execution, storage, replication, high-availability, scaling, administration, new feature development and all other aspects of the database.

Success in this role requires a high level of expertise in several of the following:

- Fundamentals of system-level hardware and networking components (storage devices and controllers,

network interfaces) in server class systems

- Operating systems concepts (process scheduling, disk and network I/O, performance)

- Understanding of database concepts (relational algebra, query optimization, consistency models, isolation

levels, crash and recovery semantics)

- Advanced concepts such as failure detection, load balancing, request pipelining and operational semantics of

high-throughput systems

- Performance engineering, understanding of advanced testing methodologies, familiarity with debugging and

profiling tools

Minimum Qualifications

BS in Computer Science/related fields with 5+ years of relevant work experience

High level of proficiency in C, C++, Rust

Advanced understanding of data structures and algorithms in storage and indexing, coding in C, C++

Demonstrated experience developing database systems, storage engines, distributed systems

Experience developing software in open source communities

Knowledge of the internals of relational databases such as PostgreSQL (or MySQL, MariaDB)

Preferred Qualifications

MS in Computer Science/related fields with 8+ years of relevant experience

Expertise with code performance and optimization

Expertise with Relational database systems architecture

Knowledge of Linux Kernel development

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.

Apple Careers

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