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# Staff Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering, iCloud Platform

- **Company:** Apple Inc.
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Cyber Security, Software Debugging, Distributed Systems, Cryptographic Protocols, FaceTime, Key Management, Performance Tuning, Cloud Services, Swift (Programming Language), Kubernetes, Programming Languages
- **Published:** August 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.seattlejobs.com/job.asp?id=3369523571&tx=KP8585FFR&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* 12+ 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, * 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

## 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., 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.


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