Backend Services Software Engineer - Release Validation

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming phenomenal products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. The Release Validation Engineering team supports Apple's ability to ensure a high-quality software update experience for our customers across all platforms. As a member of the team, the work you do will impact each and every one of our customers!

We are seeking a Backend Services Software Engineer to help us ensure that our macOS, iOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS releases continue to be stable, reliable, and bug-free. Our group works in a fast-paced environment while working on groundbreaking technology to provide our internal testing teams fast and easy ability to verify our features are ready for customers to enjoy!

You will have a unique and great opportunity to help shape upcoming products that will delight and inspire millions of Apple's customers every day.

Description

This position requires a motivated, highly technical engineer to create, maintain, and expand backend systems that will be used to power internal websites and native iOS and macOS applications. Your work will be used by internal teams to help drive our testing capabilities across all platforms. Come join us and help us deliver the best possible experience to our customers!

Preferred Qualifications

Proven track record of maintaining website or api services with five 9's of availability

Able to develop and maintain a micro service-based architecture that powers app and web-based access

Able to integrate both relational and NoSQL database systems

Knowledge of proper handling of message queues, real-time analytics, and machine learning model integration

Passion for testing, CI/CD, and multi-environment deployments

Minimum Qualifications

7+ years of industry experience

BS in Computer Science, Distributed Systems, Software Engineering, or related fields

Experience designing, building, and maintaining cloud-based distributed systems

Strong computer science fundamentals (system design, networking, data structures and algorithms) and problem-solving skills

Experience building resilient data pipelines

Experience with using Python, Swift, or Javascript as server-side languages

This role requires after-hours and weekend pager support

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