Apple
Software Engineer, Deployment Platform
$142K–$214K
San Diego, California · Full-time · Posted Aug 6, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years of relevant industry experience building and operating production software.
- Education
- BS or MS in Computer Science or a related technical field.
About the job
Build and operate Apple’s deployment platform, enabling engineering teams to roll out services safely through progressive delivery, automation, and developer tools.
What you'll do
- Design and build deployment platform features, including its DSL, GitOps operator, and pipeline orchestration.
- Develop progressive delivery capabilities such as phased rollouts, canary analysis, and metric gates.
- Build reliable integrations, APIs, and AI-powered continuous delivery intelligence for developers.
What they ask for
- Strong programming skills in Java and experience building and operating production software.
- Experience with distributed systems, cloud architecture, and designing REST, gRPC, and/or GraphQL APIs.
- Understanding of micro-services and cloud-native application patterns, with hands-on service deployment experience.
- BS or MS in Computer Science or a related technical field.
Nice to have
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Spinnaker, Helm, or Argo CD, and familiarity with GitOps.
- Experience with AWS or GCP, infrastructure as code, or AI-powered CI/CD tooling.
Pay
$142,300 and $214,300 (base salary)
Tools
Java, Cassandra, Kafka, Redis, REST, gRPC, GraphQL, Kubernetes
AI focus
Build AI-powered continuous delivery intelligence to help developers understand, troubleshoot, and improve deployments.
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