Apple
Software Engineer, Observability
$185K–$278K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of industry experience
- Education
- BS or MS in CS or equivalent
About the job
Build and support observability platforms and services that help Apple engineers understand systems at global scale.
What you'll do
- Gather requirements across teams and design, develop, and support fault-tolerant, high-performance distributed systems.
- Lead and participate in technical design discussions and conduct independent research in the field.
- Mentor engineers and develop reusable software-as-a-service tools for Apple developers.
What they ask for
- BS or MS in CS or equivalent
- 8+ years of industry experience
- Experience with Java
- Experience designing, implementing, and supporting highly scalable infrastructure services, with deep understanding and work experience in distributed systems
Nice to have
- Experience with observability solutions or platforms, including OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, or Grafana
- Experience with columnar storage or familiarity with time series database internals
Pay
$184,700 and $277,600 USD base salary
Tools
Java, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana
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