Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering
The iCloud Platform Client CI & Testing team is seeking a Software Engineer to focus on Developer Productivity and At-Desk Developer Experience. This role expands the team's responsibility beyond CI pipeline reliability into establishing consistent, reliable, and scalable local development workflows. The engineer will own tooling, standards, and validation processes that ensure local development environments align closely with CI behavior, enabling engineers to move faster with greater confidence across a rapidly evolving OS, SDK, and toolchain ecosystem.
Description
This role is responsible for improving developer productivity across iCloud Platform Client teams by standardizing local development environments, validating pre-release toolchains, and building tooling that shifts quality earlier in the development lifecycle. The engineer will partner closely with CI, testing, and platform teams to reduce environment-related friction, detect regressions earlier, and ensure consistent behavior between at-desk development and CI systems.
The position sits within the CI & Testing organization and operates at the intersection of local development workflows, CI infrastructure, and platform validation.","responsibilities":"Define and maintain standardized, version-controlled Xcode, SDK, and toolchain configurations used across iCloud Platform Client teams
Design tooling and workflows to support multiple Xcode and SDK versions required for parallel OS and release trains
Validate new OS, SDK, and toolchain releases against CloudKit client frameworks prior to broad adoption
Build and maintain automation for running unit and integration tests locally and in CI to detect regressions early
Establish and maintain parity between at-desk development environments and CI behavior
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Develop pre-commit hooks, linting scripts, and local validation tools to shift testing and quality checks left
Create templates, scripts, and reference setups that reduce configuration drift and onboarding time
Partner with feature teams to triage, escalate, and drive resolution of environment and compatibility issues
Collaborate with CI, testing, and Xcode infrastructure partners to align expectations and workflows
Document best practices for local development, tooling usage, and supported workflows
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working on Developer Productivity, Developer Experience, or Platform Infrastructure teams
Familiarity with pre-release OS, SDK, or toolchain validation in large organizations
Experience designing standardized development environments for multi-team organizations
Knowledge of test frameworks, linting tools, and static analysis systems
Experience supporting large monorepos or complex dependency graphs
Strong documentation and technical communication skills
Experience improving onboarding workflows and reducing time-to-productivity for new engineers
Minimum Qualifications
Strong experience with CI/CD systems and automated testing for large-scale software projects
Proficiency with macOS development tooling, including Xcode, SDKs, and build systems
Experience building developer tooling, automation, or infrastructure to improve developer productivity
Strong programming skills in at least one systems or application language commonly used for tooling or automation such as Shell Scripting (Bash) and/or Swift
Experience diagnosing and resolving build, test, and environment-related issues
Ability to work cross-functionally with infrastructure and product engineering teams
Bachelor's degree in an engineering-related field or equivalent job-related experience
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