Senior Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering, iCloud Platform

Seattle Until 9/22/2026 7+ years exp First posted July 24, 2026 Last posted July 24, 2026
Job description

Apple is seeking Software Engineers to contribute to the development of the next generation of cloud services infrastructure. You will be working on critical components of iCloud and introducing new fundamental capabilities. Your contributions will enable the development of entirely new applications and the scaling of existing ones, such as CloudKit, FaceTime, and PushNotifications, which serve as the foundation for products like iCloud Photos, Drive, and Backup. This is your chance to put a dent in the Universe. You will work with world-class teams who have a real passion for engineering and delivering features that maintain strong privacy guarantees to end users.

Description

As a high-leverage team, we are responsible for designing, building, and growing Apple’s foundational privacy-focused platform. This platform enables many of Apple’s signature applications and experiences and has a significant impact on over a billion users. Our work is crucial to the success of Apple’s growth in the services sector.

Minimum Qualifications

7+ years of professional experience designing, implementing, and operating highly scalable distributed systems
Industry experience with programming languages such as Java, Swift, C/C++, or Go
Experience in performance benchmarking, debugging, and tuning distributed systems
Experience in cloud deployment and observability technologies, such as Kubernetes
Bachelor's Degree in an engineering-related field or equivalent related experience

Preferred Qualifications

Excellent communication skills, able to build relationships with diverse groups of people
Experienced in managing technical and organizational complexity, able to drive a project from a simple idea to production
Adept at approaching problems from a position of curiosity, working with flexibility to find innovative solutions
Understanding of cryptographic protocols, data encryption, secure key management, and security architecture

About this role

Summary

Designs, builds, and operates scalable, privacy-focused cloud services for iCloud

Job title

Senior Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering, iCloud Platform

Experience level

7+ years

Minimum experience

7+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

Seattle, remote not allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

programming: Java, Swift, C/C++, Godistributed systemscloud deploymentKubernetesperformance benchmarkingsecurity architecturecryptographic protocols

Preferred skills

communicationproject managementcuriositycryptography

Specializations

distributed systemscloud infrastructureperformance tuningcryptographyprivacy
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Seattle, WA, USA

On-site City