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Compute Runtime Software Engineer

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Compute Runtime Software Engineer

Apple

Seattle, WA

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On-site

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Full-time

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1mo ago

Benefits & Perks

Team events and activities

Generous paid time off and holidays

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance

Competitive salary and equity package

Parental leave

401(k) matching

Healthcare

Equity

Parental Leave

Required Skills

JavaScript

Python

TypeScript

About Us

Working at Apple means doing more than you ever thought possible and having more impact than you ever imagined.

Size: 10000+ employees
Industry: Technology, Information Technology, Software, Consumer Goods & Services

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The Apple Services Engineering (ASE) team is building the next generation cloud compute services empowering Apple's software developers to build the products our customers love. We're a fast moving, highly skilled team designing, developing and supporting the operation of a virtual machine and container-based compute platform that Apple's server-side developers use to build, test and deploy their products! We would encourage you to review what our team is responsible for: github.com/apple/container and github.com/apple/containerization. Our web-scale system hosts Apple's core cloud services and has to stay highly available, secure and "just work". That's a tall order, and we're looking to add more talented and passionate engineers who love challenges and providing a great user experience for developers.

Description

Do you enjoy working on reliability, scalability, resilience, security, and performance limits of web-services? You should be curious about how systems work and, more meaningfully, how they fail. A domain expert with expertise in multiple technical areas, used to designing major features and able to resolve highly complex issues creatively and effectively taking ownership of major features and technologies to demonstrate a significant impact within the organization. Approach complex issues with creativity, ready to take risks and course-correct effectively to produce an impact on the organization through broad implementation of new ideas. Drive ideas from inception to implementation establishing a reputation sought out throughout the organization for advice and consultation through setting standards, process and technical direction. Ready to actively mentor engineers at all levels.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Linux system programming

Development experience in one or more of: Cloud security, Container / Linux Kernel security and API security

Experience troubleshooting and diving into metrics to identify resource contention and bottlenecks

Experience designing benchmarks and load tests to characterize performance and establish scalability models

Development experience with container orchestration systems such as Docker, Kubernetes or Mesos is a plus

Development experience in combination of virtualization and container technologies to build a cloud native hypervisor (Kube Virt, Kata, Firecracker, macOS Virtualization Framework) is a plus

Systems programming experience on Darwin with Swift is a plus

Programming Linux system virtualization based on Libvirt, QEMU, KVM Understanding of various shared networked storage solutions (iSCSI, NFS, cluster file systems) is a plus

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or equivalent related experience.

At least 5+ years of software design and development experience in infrastructure engineering (compute, storage and network virtualization) with an emphasis on micro-services architectures and containerization

Advanced programming language proficiency in C, C++, Swift or Go, with a track record of designing and developing high performance, secured, scalable and reliable systems

Hands-on experience with some or all of the following topics: Linux containerization, Linux filesystems, Image distribution, Content storage, Kernel and container security

Love open source and collaboration

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 .

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Client-provided location(s): Seattle, WA

Job ID: apple-200631573-3337_rxr-660

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2026-01-07T19:12:55
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About Apple

Apple

Apple

Public

A technology company that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.

10,001+

Employees

Cupertino

Headquarters

$3.5T

Valuation

Reviews

4.0

10 reviews

Work Life Balance

4.0

Compensation

4.2

Culture

3.8

Career

3.5

Management

3.2

75%

Recommend to a Friend

Pros

Great coworkers and people

Excellent benefits and perks

Fast-paced and engaging work environment

Cons

High expectations and pressure

Management quality varies

Limited career progression opportunities

Salary Ranges

17,968 data points

L2

L3

L4

L5

L6

M3

M4

M5

M6

L2 · Industrial Designer L2

0 reports

$320,450

total / year

Base

$128,180

Stock

$160,225

Bonus

$32,045

$224,315

$416,585

Interview Experience

5 interviews

Difficulty

3.4

/ 5

Duration

28-42 weeks

Offer Rate

20%

Experience

Positive 20%

Neutral 40%

Negative 40%

Interview Process

1

Application Review

2

Recruiter Screen

3

Technical Phone Screen

4

Behavioral Interview

5

Onsite/Virtual Interviews

6

Team Matching

7

Offer

Common Questions

Coding/Algorithm

System Design

Behavioral/STAR

Technical Knowledge

Culture Fit