Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland Software and Services
Description
As a Systems Engineer on the Cloud Storage team, you will be at the heart of developing, debugging, and maintaining the disaggregated storage software that underpins critical cloud platforms at Apple.You will:Tackle complex challenges in distributed systems to deliver reliable, scalable, and performant storage solutions.Collaborate closely with teams within ASE and across Apple to understand requirements and integrate solutions.Design, implement, test, and debug software components for our storage systems.Write high-quality, maintainable code and actively participate in code reviews.Develop and review detailed design documentation for new features and system architectures.Participate in the qualification, deployment, and monitoring of software across large-scale production clusters.Benchmark, analyze, and optimize system performance, scalability, and resiliency.Uphold the high standard of quality and reliability expected of Apple products and infrastructure.
Minimum Qualifications
* Strong systems programming skills and a deep understanding of operating system fundamentals (memory management, concurrency, I/O, networking).
* BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience, plus experience in system software development, OR an MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
* Solid grasp of concurrency, parallelism, and distributed systems concepts (e.g., consensus, consistency models, failure modes).
* Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical challenges and solutions clearly within the team and to stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
* Hands-on experience with distributed storage solutions (e.g., Ceph, ScaleIO, GlusterFS, HDFS) is highly desirable.
* Experience developing and managing applications on Kubernetes; experience writing CSI plugins is a plus.
* Familiarity with using or contributing to cloud infrastructure technologies (e.g., AWS S3/EBS, GCP Cloud Storage/Persistent Disk, OpenStack Swift/Cinder).
* Proficiency in Go (Golang) applied to systems-level development.
* Experience building software solutions in other relevant languages such as Java, C/C++, Python, or Swift.
* Experience operating and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
* A genuine enthusiasm for building high-quality, robust systems.
#J-18808-Ljbffr