Apple

Software Engineer, Ai & Data Platforms

Apple  •  Austin, TX (Onsite)  •  1 month ago
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Job Description

We’re building a development environment platform that provides consistent, reproducible environment containers for software development and testing. These environments can run on a developer’s local machine or on shared cloud or cluster-based infrastructure, allowing teams to choose the workflow that best fits their needs. Developers use familiar IDEs such as VS Code and JetBrains to edit and debug code while the platform manages environment lifecycle, configuration, and tooling. As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll work across infrastructure, developer tooling, and IDE integrations to deliver a seamless, high-quality developer experience.

In this role, you will work hands-on designing and building container-based development and test environments that run consistently across local machines and shared cloud infrastructure. Your day-to-day work will involve developing services and tooling to provision, configure, and manage the lifecycle of these environments, as well as collaborating closely with product, DevOps, and security partners to ensure they are reliable, secure, and easy to use. You will regularly build and iterate on IDE extensions and integrations for VS Code and JetBrains IDEs, enabling developers to seamlessly edit, build, and debug code within these environments. You’ll troubleshoot issues across infrastructure, containers, and developer tooling, optimize performance and usability, and help establish best practices for environment definitions, CI/CD integration, and developer onboarding. Throughout your work, you’ll focus on improving the developer experience by making development environments faster to start, easier to understand, and consistent across teams and workflows.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with dev container specifications or similar environment definition standards.
Background in platform engineering or developer productivity tooling.
Familiarity with Kubernetes and multi-tenant infrastructure.
Experience developing IDE extensions or plugins.
Experience in VS Code: TypeScript, Node.js, VS Code Extension API.
Experience in JetBrains IDEs: Kotlin/Java, IntelliJ Platform SDK.
Familiarity with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform).
Understanding of networking, authentication, and secure access patterns for developer tooling.
Strong troubleshooting and system design skills.

Minimum Qualifications

4+ years experience in Python or Go
2+ years experience with Docker and container-based workflows.
2+ years experience deploying and operating services on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
BS in computer science or equivalent experience.
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We’re a diverse collective of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. And the same innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it. This is where your work can make a difference in people’s lives. Including your own.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. Visit apple.com/careers to learn more.

Industry
Hardware & Semiconductors
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Cupertino, California
Year Founded
1976
Website
apple.com
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