ASE Observability

Apple • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

The ASE Observability team is responsible for designing, building, and operating the core observability platforms that enable engineering organizations at Apple to monitor, debug, and optimize infrastructure and systems at scale. We develop platform solutions that provide comprehensive visibility into application performance, system health, and operational metrics across the entire technology stack. We are on a journey to continue building our next-generation observability platform with new capabilities like Distributed Tracing, Logging and Continuous profiling. We are looking for enthusiastic developers to join as a member of this collaborative and friendly team. This person will have an individual responsibility and influence over the direction and backend of many critical Apple internet services. You should be someone with ideas and passion for software delivered as a service to maximize reuse, efficiency, and simplicity. Your work will impact millions of Apple users and is necessary to the success of some of the most visible current and future features.

Requirements

• Experience and insight into designing, implementing and supporting highly scalable infrastructure services.
• 5 to 15 years of industry experience in building and maintaining backend distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of core computer science concepts including data structures, algorithms, and concurrent programming.
• Strong attention to detail and excellent analytical capabilities.
• Passion for developing and testing clear, robust code.
• Ability to learn and apply new technologies and frameworks.
• Great communication skills.
• BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field.

Nice To Haves

• Having built Observability platforms at scale previously is a strong plus.
• Familiarity with OpenTelemetry and OSS tools in the Observability space.
• Proficiency in one of Java, Rust is desirable.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes on Linux is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Requirement gathering across cross-functional teams.
• Developing practical, fault-tolerant, high-performance distributed systems.
• Leading and participating in technical design discussions across cross-functional teams.
• Gain in-depth understanding of the domain and come up with creative ideas in the domain.
• Willingness to lead an independent research in the field of work.
• Mentor other engineers in the team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior