Apple IS&T is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their team focused on building an observability platform for critical services. This role involves deep expertise in Go and distributed systems, where the engineer will shape system architecture and engineering culture. The position requires collaboration across teams and mentorship of other engineers. The main focus is on creating resilient and efficient systems that can handle petabytes of data from billions of transactions.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Proficiency in Go (Golang) with production experience building backend services or infrastructure components.
• Proven experience designing and operating distributed systems, including consensus, replication, fault tolerance, and distributed coordination.
• Hands-on experience building or scaling systems that handle petabyte-scale data workloads.
• Strong understanding of database internals, including storage engines, query optimization, transaction management, indexing strategies, and consistency models.
• 8 years of overall experience.
• Experience building or operating observability platforms, including metrics pipelines, log aggregation, and Application Performance Monitoring tools.

• Architect the next generation of the Observability Platform.
• Define how the team builds and shape the architectural direction.
• Mentor engineers and raise the engineering bar across every layer of the stack.
• Collaborate with peer architects to translate high-stakes problems into elegant solutions.
• Take end-to-end ownership of mission-critical services.

• 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.