Apple
Software Engineer, OS and System Services
$142K–$263K
Seattle, Washington · Full-time · Posted Aug 11, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of software engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Build and maintain system software and infrastructure for Apple data centers, including systems that orchestrate workloads and use hardware acceleration for machine learning and high-performance computing.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain system software such as kernel drivers, runtime libraries, frameworks, and daemons.
- Integrate and optimize software across hardware and platform teams; validate quality with unit, integration, and performance tests.
- Occasionally provide on-call support for deployed software.
What they ask for
- Proficiency in C/C++.
- Strong knowledge of operating system and firmware development fundamentals.
- Passion for software architecture, APIs, and high-performance extensible software; excellent communication skills.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with fleet software management and debugging software at scale; familiarity with system integration or hardware bring-up.
- Experience with AI accelerators, networking protocols, cryptographic key exchange, distributed systems, Swift, Objective-C, or Apple development tools.
Pay
$142,300 and $263,300 (base salary range)
Tools
C/C++, kernel drivers, runtime libraries, frameworks, daemons, GPUs, TPUs, ASICs
AI focus
Work with hardware acceleration for machine learning workloads and AI accelerators.
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