Apple
System Software Engineer
$142K–$263K
Seattle, Washington · Full-time · Posted Aug 10, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ 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 for Apple silicon data-center servers, optimizing OS performance, reliability, and workload orchestration.
What you'll do
- Develop, maintain, and optimize OS-level components, runtime libraries, frameworks, and system daemons.
- Improve performance, security, resource efficiency, and reliability across distributed systems; troubleshoot OS, networking, and hardware-software issues.
- Develop automation, monitoring, diagnostics, and fault-detection and recovery mechanisms; contribute to design reviews and architecture decisions.
What they ask for
- 4+ years of software engineering experience.
- Proficiency in one of C/C++, Obj-C, or Swift.
- Strong knowledge of OS architecture and low-level system components; solid Linux or Apple OS system-programming knowledge, including process management, IPC, signals, and daemon lifecycle.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience; excellent communication skills.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with init systems (systemd, launchd, upstart), service orchestration, distributed systems, cloud computing, or data-center infrastructure.
- Experience with AI accelerators or distributed systems; knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and AI workload orchestration.
Pay
USD $142,300 to $263,300 base salary
Tools
C/C++, Obj-C, Swift, systemd, launchd, upstart, Docker, Kubernetes
AI focus
Work includes using hardware acceleration for machine-learning workloads and may involve AI accelerators and AI workload orchestration.
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