2 days ago
Responsibilities
- Design and build a unified storage abstraction layer for object, block, and file storage systems.
- Develop scalable metadata services, data distribution algorithms, replication, and fault-recovery mechanisms.
- Build client-side libraries and protocols providing a consistent interface to workloads across Apple Cloud.
- Create self-healing, automatically rebalancing, high-throughput, and low-latency storage components.
- Deliver production distributed systems operating across thousands of nodes.
Requirements
- 7+ years of professional experience building and operating distributed systems.
- Strong problem-solving skills grounded in data structures, distributed systems, and concurrency.
- Proficiency in one or more systems languages, including Java or Rust, with asynchronous and thread-safe programming experience.
- Demonstrated ownership and a history of delivering production systems.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- Preferred: background in object, block, or file system internals.
- Preferred: experience with zoned block devices, sequential-write media, or emerging high-density magnetic recording technologies.
- Preferred: MS in Computer Science.
About Apple
Apple designs and sells consumer electronics, software, and services for consumers and professionals worldwide, including iPhone, Mac, iPad, Apple Watch, and AirPods, plus platforms like iOS/macOS and services such as the App Store, iCloud, Music, and TV+. Its business combines device sales with services and subscriptions and in-house silicon design. Founded in 1976, Apple is headquartered in Cupertino, California, and trades on NASDAQ as AAPL.