This role is part of the Software Engineering Developer Productivity team at Apple, focusing on optimizing the distributed build platform that supports software development for billions of customers. The position requires a senior software engineer who will tackle complex distributed systems and build automation challenges. The engineer will lead projects that enhance build performance, correctness, and reliability while mentoring less-experienced engineers. Effective communication across teams and stakeholders is essential to articulate technical trade-offs and align efforts.

• 5+ years of software engineering experience in developer tooling, backend, infrastructure, or systems contexts.
• Experience developing testing strategies and operating software in production environments using metrics, telemetry, and performance data.
• Experience owning the delivery of projects with significant scope, including defining approach and driving completion.
• Experience mentoring engineers or raising team capabilities through code review, design guidance, or knowledge sharing.
• Knowledge of distributed systems, scheduling, or caching at scale.
• Experience with concurrency, systems programming, or performance optimization.
• Familiarity with build systems such as Swift Build, Bazel, or Buck.
• Understanding of observability, monitoring, or SRE practices.
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity.
• Ability to make risk-informed decisions about changes to systems with broad user impact.

• Own technically complex and high-impact projects to optimize distributed scheduling and ensure build correctness.
• Develop caching strategies and continuously improve build performance at scale.
• Set technical direction, make design trade-offs, and ensure high-quality outcomes.
• Use data and telemetry to measure impact and drive reliability improvements.
• Support production systems on call and contribute to a culture of technical rigor.
• Mentor engineers and establish engineering best practices.
• Facilitate design discussions and create opportunities for others to take on challenging work.
• Communicate effectively across organizational boundaries and articulate technical trade-offs to stakeholders.

• Employees at Apple are often offered comprehensive benefits that support physical and mental well-being—flexible medical plans, confidential counseling, onsite wellness centers at major campuses, and resources for fitness and daily life. Families typically receive fertility support, paid parental leave with gradual return, caregiving leave, and dependent-care guidance, while financial perks commonly include stock grants (with purchase discounts), 401(k) matching, and income-protection coverage. Employees also see robust time off, Apple University learning and tuition reimbursement, donation matching and paid volunteer hours, and deep product and partner discounts.