Software Engineer – Traffic (ASE)

Summary

Posted: Jan 28, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number:200575960

Help us to build the performant and reliable networking primitives that power Apple Services. Our mission is to enable service to service connection in a secure, scalable, and transparent manner. We are responsible for providing services, proxies, meshes, libraries, and other primitives to deliver an effective network for our peers. This challenge is all met at Apple scale.

Description

As a Traffic Engineer you will orchestrate the design and development of cutting-edge traffic proxies, libraries, and services that power Apple services at an unprecedented scale, serving hundreds of millions of users globally. As an engineer in our tech ecosystem, you will take help enhance our network stack for improved ingress, egress, and mesh functionality. This role is not just about coding; it’s about making contributions architecting the backbone of Apple, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in the realm of software development. If you’re passionate about tackling challenges at an extraordinary scale, innovating in the traffic management space, and influencing the direction of an industry giant, this is your opportunity to shine! Our dedication extends to coaching and mentoring teammates, considering their unique skills, backgrounds, and working styles. You will actively seek and provide constructive feedback to foster growth within our team. Here you will find that we: * Have a collaborative work environment where you can choose when to socialize and when to focus. * Provide technical guidance and mentorship. * Have an encouraging and growth-focused workplace culture. * Encourage you to use accrued vacation time and maintain a healthy work-life balance. * Offer excellent benefits!

Minimum Qualifications

• Professional expertise in software engineering
• Skilled with one or more advanced programming language such as C, C++, Java or Go
• Full product lifecycle ownership mindset (design → implementation → production)
• Passionate about improving the team and partners you work with

Preferred Qualifications

• * Professional expertise in Traffic/Edge Engineering or Cloud Networking
• Experience with automating operations (e.g., software deployments, config changes) at scale
• Proven expertise with Linux network stack
• Understanding of performance analysis and optimizations
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform, Chef, Puppet)
• Passionate about contributing to open source projects such as Envoy (http://envoyproxy.io/) and working across a large organization to meet Apple’s dynamic traffic needs
• Experience with core production engineering best practices (e.g., designing for operability and scalability, adopting SLOs, eliminating toil).

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 $197,400 and $296,300, 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.
  
  Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.