Apple

Sr. CI Tooling & Infrastructure Engineer - Xcode

Apple$130K — $160K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strong object-oriented programming skills in Python or Swift
  • 5+ years of experience with tools and CI systems
  • Proficient in system-level debugging and root-cause analysis
  • Excellent communication skills for team collaboration
  • Experience leveraging AI technologies to enhance engineering efficiency
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
  • Experience with large-scale CI environments and containerization.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and manage critical CI systems for Xcode workflows
  • Improve engineering productivity through automation and tools
  • Monitor CI system health and analyze failures for root causes
  • Maintain CI environment with routine maintenance and upgrades
  • Develop innovative solutions to enhance scalability and reduce complexity
  • Collaborate with teams to drive CI reliability and operational efficiency
  • Architect CI pipelines considering both immediate and long-term needs.

Benefits

  • Work on cutting-edge projects within the Xcode engineering ecosystem
  • Opportunities for professional growth and skill development
  • Collaborative and creative work environment
  • Engage in innovative practices to improve engineering workflows
  • Contribute directly to the productivity of product engineers.
Full Job Description
The Xcode team is looking for an experienced Software Development Engineer with a strong passion for developing and maintaining internal tools and CI systems that support Xcode's testing and integration workflows. In this role, you will help accelerate how product engineers land changes, improve the efficiency and reliability of integration and submission pipelines, and enhance developer productivity across the Xcode engineering ecosystem.

We're looking for a highly creative, detail-oriented, and self-motivated engineer to design, build, and manage CI systems that are critical to product integration and submission workflows. In this role, you will help architect scalable CI pipelines while balancing short-term execution needs with long-term infrastructure goals. You will design, implement, and deploy tools, automation, and workflows that improve engineering productivity and streamline how developers test, validate, and land changes into builds. You'll actively monitor the health of CI systems and build/test results, analyze failures to identify root causes across both infrastructure and product layers, and drive fixes directly or collaborate with partner teams to maintain a high bar for CI reliability and operational efficiency. You will also help maintain the operational health of the CI environment through routine infrastructure and system maintenance, including build and OS upgrades, credential and certificate management, environment configuration, and overall system upkeep. In addition, you will develop innovative solutions to address scalability and execution challenges within CI systems, reducing operational complexity and long-term maintenance costs. You will help evolve and operate critical CI infrastructure that supports product development workflows, with the overall goal of amplifying engineering productivity across the Xcode engineering ecosystem.

Strong object-oriented programming skills, preferably in Python or Swift 5+ years of experience designing, implementing, and maintaining tools, test infrastructure, or CI systems Strong system-level debugging and root-cause analysis skills Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams Demonstrated ability to leverage AI technologies and workflows to improve engineering efficiency, automation, and productivity B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Experience developing and managing large-scale CI environments Develop and deploy applications within containerized environments using Jenkins, Docker and Kubernetes on Linux platforms Experience using Git for source control, including branching, code reviews, and collaborative development workflows

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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