On-site
Senior
Posted January 06, 2026
Tech Stack
icloud
opentelemetry
prometheus
amazon-web-services
google-cloud-platform
kubernetes
grpc
java
swift
cplusplus
Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer to help develop the next-generation of Apple's cloud services platform and infrastructure. You will be working on the foundational systems that power iCloud services, including distributed data platforms, storage systems, and a unified observability infrastructure that standardizes monitoring and telemetry approaches across all iCloud services serving billions of customers.
iCloud manages data and services at massive scale! Our unified observability platform serves as the central nervous system for monitoring and understanding the health of all iCloud services, providing comprehensive telemetry collection, real-time processing, and sophisticated analysis capabilities that span billions of active Apple customers. This observability ecosystem is purpose-built to deliver secure, performant, and highly scalable monitoring solutions that maintain the highest standards of user privacy. It furthermore empowers engineering teams across iCloud to build reliable and observable applications through consistent observability approaches across diverse services and infrastructure components at unprecedented scale.
We are a world-class team who has a real passion for engineering and delivering high quality services to Apple’s customers. As a key member of a versatile organization, you will help designing and implementing the overall observability architecture of iCloud Platform and its services, handling data streams at massive scale, while putting the highest priority on user experience and data privacy.
**Description**
We are looking for engineers who have exceptional expertise in building fault-tolerant distributed systems that power critical cloud services. Our engineers demonstrate unique leadership skills and can excel in a complex environment that obsesses about the customer experience.
As a software engineer on the core observability platform components of iCloud services, you will:
- Design, develop, and support a multi-tenant platform that standardizes observability across iCloud services
- Partner with teams across Apple to design, develop, and ship new platform capabilities
- Drive end-to-end project execution, from design reviews and through production releases
- Deploy, scale, and maintain highly concurrent and throughput intensive services
- Triage, investigate, and remediate production and operational issues","responsibilities":"Design, develop, and support a multi-tenant platform with many underlying technologies
Partner with teams across Apple to develop and ship new customer-facing features
Drive end-to-end project execution, from design reviews and through production releases
Deploy, scale, and maintain highly concurrent and throughput intensive services
Triage, investigate, and remediate production and operational issues
**Preferred Qualifications**
Expertise in programming in concurrent and multi-threaded environments
Expertise in distributed streaming architectures and real-time data analytics at massive scale
Strong background in synchronous and asynchronous network application I/O frameworks
Strong background with time-series and NoSQL databases
Strong background in observability concepts: metrics, traces, logs, and their correlation
Familiar with observability technologies such as OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Jaeger, or similar
Experience using AWS, GCP, and cloud native technologies (Containers, Kubernetes, gRPC)
**Minimum Qualifications**
Experience developing software in Java, Swift, C, or C++
Expertise working with distributed systems and highly concurrent environments
Expertise in streaming data processing frameworks, handling data at massive scale
Bachelor’s degree in an engineering-related field or equivalent job-related experience
At Apple, we’re not all the same. And that’s our greatest strength. We draw on the differences in who we are, what we’ve experienced and how we think. Because to create products that serve everyone, we believe in including everyone. Therefore, we are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equally. As a registered Disability Confident employer, we will work with applicants to make any reasonable accommodations. Apple will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal backgrounds in a manner consistent with applicable law. Learn more