Cloud Platform Engineer, Ai & Data Platforms Austin,Texas,United States Software and Services Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, we believe new insights have a way of becoming excellent products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. The people here at Apple don’t just create products — they create the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. Developer experience platform team is looking for an extraordinary Cloud engineer to join our team. You will help design, implement Kubernetes based application platform to streamline building and deploying enterprise applications on Cloud. **Description** This is a highly technical, hands-on role that requires a wide and deep experience in managing infrastructure and applications across data centers and cloud services. You will design and implement new capabilities and tools for Kubernetes as part of a horizontal developer experience platform team. This position requires practical knowledge of Kubernetes, building tools to generate Infrastructure as Code, CICD and Observability tools integration. Building and managing relationships with diverse sets of customers who use the platform will be equally critical to ensure collective success. You will be joining a team of highly-skilled, enthusiastic, and passionate engineers working on this leading edge and constantly evolving space. **Minimum Qualifications** + Strong Kubernetes knowledge and experience writing operators + Proficient with various programming languages such as Go or Java and API patterns using REST/gRPC + Experience with developer tooling and containerization. + Writing Infrastructure as code, and GitOps model for deployment across multiple cloud providers + Experience building cloud native applications, API gateways and Service Mesh architecture patterns (example: Istio ) + Developing, configuring or operating end to end CICD tools **Key Qualifications** **Preferred Qualifications** + Building Enterprise grade java applications and deploying on cloud + BS in Computer Science or relevant proven experience is preferred **Education & Experience** **Additional Requirements** + Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant. (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) **Apple Footer** Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race,color,religion,sex,sexual orientation,gender identity,national origin,disability,Veteran status,or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (Opens in a new window) . Apple will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about,disclose,or discuss their compensation or that of other applicants. United States Department of Labor. Learn more (Opens in a new window) . Apple will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law. If you’re applying for a position in San Francisco,review the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance guidelines (opens in a new window) applicable in your area. Apple participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law. Learn more about the E-Verify program (Opens in a new window) . Apple is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. Apple is a drug-free workplace. Reasonable Accommodation and Drug Free Workplace policy Learn more (Opens in a new window) .