Apple
Software Engineer - Build Support Engineering
$142K–$214K
San Diego, California · Full-time · Posted Sep 3, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years of industry experience building backend systems.
- Education
- BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science/Engineering
About the job
Build and modernize backend services, deployment infrastructure, and developer tools, including agentic AI systems that support build and incident workflows.
What you'll do
- Develop backend services and APIs for build, deployment, and hotfix workflows.
- Modernize legacy pipelines and multi-repo tooling using standardized containerized deployments.
- Build AI agents and automation for incident triage, debugging, and developer support.
What they ask for
- Strong programming skills in Java and Python.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with using and developing AI-driven and agentic tools.
- Knowledge of algorithms, data structures, distributed systems, and relational and/or NoSQL databases.
Nice to have
- Experience with build systems, CI/CD, containerization, and legacy pipeline modernization.
- Experience with agentic AI, AI/ML or LLM frameworks, large-scale code migrations, or messaging systems.
Pay
$142,300 and $214,300 USD base salary
Tools
Java, Python, Kubernetes, PyTorch, TensorFlow, LangChain, Hugging Face, Kafka
AI focus
Develop and integrate tool-using, multi-step agents to triage incidents, investigate build and deployment failures, and assist developers and SREs.
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