The Apple Services Engineering team is seeking a versatile engineer to join the Observability team, which focuses on building platforms and services for Apple engineers to gain insights into their systems. This role involves designing and building control plane tooling and automation for a time series database in a production environment. The ideal candidate will blend strong software engineering skills with an operational mindset, contributing to both tooling and core developer tasks. If you are passionate about large-scale operations and software engineering, this position offers an exciting opportunity.

• BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 5+ years of industry experience.
• Deep understanding of core computer science concepts including data structures, algorithms, and concurrent programming.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Java, Scala, Go, or Python.
• Experience designing, implementing, and operating highly scalable infrastructure services in production.
• Deep understanding and work experience in distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience building automation and tooling for deployment, orchestration, and operations at scale.
• Strong DevOps skillset including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and configuration management.
• Familiarity with time series database internals and operational challenges.
• Great communication skills.

• Design and build control plane tooling and automation for the time series database.
• Contribute to core developer tasks on the data platform.
• Own problems end to end from requirement gathering through design and implementation.
• Ensure the reliability, scalability, and operability of the time series database.
• Build operational tooling and ship product features.
• Reduce operational toil through attention to detail and analytical capabilities.

• 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.