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Software Engineer - Apple Services Engineering (ASE)

Yesterday Seattle, WA

You know us if you have ever used any iCloud service on a device or the web. We are iCloud Account Services, a small team with a huge footprint. We cater to billions of users across billions of devices, keeping their interactions with iCloud private, safe, and fast. We utilize creative problem-solving to handle millions of requests per second, with extremely high availability and very low latencies. We are constantly evolving, helping add new features to iCloud. Also, we continue to push the boundaries, improving our systems to be highly available and scalable to meet our goal of offering the best iCloud experience to all our users across all their devices, all the time. Does this sort of job excite you? Do you love building applications that solve challenging business problems and operate at this level of scale and complexity? Please join us on the iCloud Account Services team. The work is critical, complex, challenging, and highly rewarding!

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The opportunities for you to make an impact are boundless. Are you a person who believes your success is measured by the quality, size, and timeliness of your work and is passionate about the impact your work has on the experience of our customers? If yes, you will enjoy working with us. We're seeking a dedicated and passionate person to join this amazing team. If you feel this is you, we'd love to hear from you!

","responsibilities":"You will work and contribute towards engineering the server stack for iCloud Accounts and help us grow this platform to cater to future needs. You will work with multiple teams to help design complex system architectures and implement high-performance code to support billions of concurrent users. You will work on all aspects of software development, from feature exploration to development, testing, and maintenance of the applications.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience deploying and maintaining scalable applications

Experience building or maintaining high throughput low latency systems

Understanding of cache coherence and caching strategies

Ability to build relationships with diverse groups of people

Self-motivated

Excellent communication skills

Minimum Qualifications

5+ Years of experience developing server software in Java, Go, or similar object-oriented languages

Experience working with large-scale databases (Relational or NoSQL)

Experience with multi-thread programming, networking, and non-blocking I/o

Knowledge related to designing and building large distributed systems

Bachelor's degree in an engineering-related field or equivalent job-related experience

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote 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 .

Client-provided location(s): Seattle, WA
Job ID: apple-200616649-3337_rxr-658
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2025-11-10T19:05:27

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Parental Benefits

      • Work Flexibility

        • Office Life and Perks

          • Vacation and Time Off

            • Financial and Retirement

              • Professional Development

                • Diversity and Inclusion

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