AIML – Senior Software Engineer, Traffic Engineering – Machine Learning Platform & Infrastructure

Summary

Posted: Feb 17, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number:200591698

We are looking for a Traffic Engineer to design, develop, and optimize Layer 7 (L7) traffic management solutions. This role will focus on Envoy Proxy, Service Mesh architectures (e.g., Istio, Linkerd, Consul), and API Gateway patterns to ensure scalable, secure, and highly available traffic management in distributed systems.

Description

-Design and implement Service Mesh architectures to improve security, observability, and resilience in large-scale microservices environments. -Develop and maintain traffic management features such as load balancing, rate limiting, authentication, authorization, and traffic routing. -Collaborate with platform, security, and application teams to ensure efficient service-to-service communication and traffic governance. -Troubleshoot performance bottlenecks, reliability issues, and security vulnerabilities in traffic management infrastructure. -Stay ahead of industry trends and contribute to open-source projects where relevant.

Minimum Qualifications

• Strong expertise in Envoy Proxy and deep understanding of L7 traffic management concepts.
• Experience with Service Mesh technologies like Istio, Linkerd, or Consul.
• Proficiency in Kubernetes networking, ingress controllers, and API Gateway solutions.
• Solid understanding of HTTP, gRPC, TLS, OAuth, and authentication protocols.
• Strong programming skills in Go, Rust or Python for automation and tooling.

Preferred Qualifications

• Contributions to Envoy, Istio, or other open-source projects.
• Experience with multi-cluster and multi-cloud networking.
• Knowledge of zero-trust networking, mTLS, and security best practices.
• Familiarity with eBPF and advanced traffic control techniques.

Pay & Benefits

• At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $175,800 and $312,200, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
  
  Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.
  
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