Software Development Engineer - Systems Seattle,Washington,United States Hardware Imagine what you can do here. Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their lives best work. Together we create products and experiences people once couldn’t have imagined, and now, can’t imagine living without. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. **Description** APPLE INC has the following available in Seattle, Washington. Design, develop, and implement globally distributed backend services for next-gen communications system. Review service design, operations, platform infrastructure for high-availability and scalability. Analyze source code, design documents, logs, and metrics to identify and fix software bugs and performance issues. Work with Apples Cloud Infrastructure and site reliability engineering (SRE) teams to manage and run production services. Implement robust, complex application services for user-facing features leveraging next-gen communications system. Design, analyze, and implement high-concurrency systems (multithreading, multiprocessing, etc.). Debug all created systems and related software to ensure high quality and availability of the system and user features. Write and maintain design documents. 40 hours/week. At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $166,600 - $250,600/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. PAY & BENEFITS: Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits: https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html. Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program. Apple is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We also take affirmative action to offer employment and advancement opportunities to all applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities. **Minimum Qualifications** + Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field, and 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or related occupation. + 5 years of experience with each of the following skills is required: + Using Golang, including experience building scalable, high-concurrency backend services compatible with cloud infrastructure and system reliability engineering stacks. + Using Python, including experience developing foundational libraries to integrate and maintain backend systems. + Using Java, including building robust platform independent for secure, scalable, and high-performance server-side applications. + Experience in Service protocols (gRPC, Thrift or REST) to ensure efficient, scalable communication and interoperability between different services and systems. + Experience in Pub/Sub (Kafka), including handling high-throughput, real-time data streaming and processing. + Using SQL and NoSQL Database systems (e.g., PostgreSQL or Cassandra), including experience in managing, querying, and scaling data storage solutions tailored to synthetic data application. + Using Kubernete to manage containerized applications, ensure scalable, automated deployment, and operation of application containers across clusters of hosts. **Key Qualifications** **Preferred Qualifications** + N/A **Education & Experience** **Additional Requirements** + Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. 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