Do you thrive at the intersection of big-picture thinking and hands-on technical execution? Are you energized by designing systems that are resilient, scalable, and elegant? As part of our CAD Infrastructure Development group, youll help architect and build the distributed systems that power our products at scale. Youll ensure our services can seamlessly and efficiently handle large-scale demands. Joining this group means youll be responsible for shaping the technical direction of our platform infrastructure. Together, you and your team will build the foundation that enables our engineering organization to deliver reliable, performant experiences to our customers. In this role, you will get to design new architectures and define patterns that enable other engineers to build better products, faster. In this highly visible and cross-functional role as a member of our CAD Infrstructure Development team, you will be responsible for driving architectural decisions and best practices for distributed systems development. You will collaborate with multiple product and engineering teams to design, evaluate, and implement scalable microservices architectures, event-driven systems, and cloud-native platforms. Your work will enable us to increase system reliability, improve development velocity, and deliver high-quality services at scale.Experience architecting and driving development of complex distributed systems and platform software Experience in software architecture and systems design, including microservices decomposition and service contracts Experience in backend or systems-level languages, such as Go, Java, or Python Experience in using container orchestration platforms, such as Kubernetes Experience designing event-driven architectures and asynchronous communication patterns Experience of software quality methodologies, including design review, code review, and testing strategies Minimum requirement of BS + 10 years of relevant industry experience, with demonstrated ownership of architecture or systems designExperience architecting large-scale systems with Kubernetes-native patterns, including operators, CRDs, and service mesh Experience with message queues and streaming platforms, such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, NATS, or Pulsar Experience in DevOps and CI/CD methodologies, platforms, and tools, such as ArgoCD, Flux, or Jenkins Strong understanding of distributed systems fundamentals: consistency models, fault tolerance, and partitioning strategies Strong API design abilities across REST, gRPC, and event-driven interfaces Familiar with infrastructure-as-code tools, such as Terraform or Pulumi Familiar with GitOps workflows and progressive delivery practices Knowledgeable in observability and reliability engineering, including SLOs, distributed tracing, and circuit breakers Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and build consensus across teams on cross-cutting technical decisions
We’re a diverse collection of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, as well as with services, including iTunes, the App Store, Apple Music, and Apple Pay. And the same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it.
There’s a place here for every kind of brilliant. Everyone here is an innovator, or an innovator-to-be, no matter what your team or your role. So bring your passion, courage, and original thinking and get ready to share it, because every new product, service, or feature we invent is the result of people working together to make each others’ ideas stronger. Innovation at this level depends on people who represent the variety of the human experience and inspire us with their own fresh perspectives. Together, we’ll do amazing work that can make a difference in people’s lives. Including your own. Learn more about working at Apple.