Software Build Engineer, Software Delivery

Summary

Software Build & Integration team at Apple is at the core of the Apple software development process. We are responsible for delivering the state‑of‑the‑art operating systems and applications to Apple customers.

The role empowers build engineers to influence new feature integration into Apple software, by collaborating with engineers from Software, Hardware, Localization, QA, and Project Management teams. Software Build Engineers will have the opportunity to utilize and implement solutions using distributed computing, cloud services, and virtualization technologies to deliver Apple software to customers. This involves engineering innovative solutions for Apple's production build system in support of macOS, iOS, watchOS, tvOS, Xcode, and more.

• Find multiple solutions to a problem, evaluate tradeoffs, and decide the best approach.
• Understand, retain, and perform complex procedures.
• Communicate status frequently to product teams and engineering program managers.
• Collaborate with team members, eager to jump and help when needed, with a can‑do attitude.
• Document new processes or update existing wiki pages, and read back traces and stack traces.
• Work daily in 9‑to‑5 operational shifts, including public holidays and weekends.
• Search for dedicated Build engineers with operational backgrounds who are motivated to work in ops and love to automate everything manually.

• MacOS, iOS, or UNIX development experience.
• UNIX administration and strong software debugging skills.
• Knowledge of operating system, network, and compiler concepts.
• Knowledge of a scripting language (e.g., Python or Perl).

• A good coding ability and testing mindset, e.g., CI/CD, high code coverage, chaos engineering.
• Thorough understanding of UNIX debugging.
• Willingness to learn and master new programming languages like Swift, Go, Python, etc.
• Familiarity with version control systems such as Git or Subversion.

Because to create products that serve everyone, we believe in including everyone. We will work with applicants to make any reasonable accommodations.

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