Senior Cloud Software Engineer, Find My

Apple • Cupertino, CA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Find My team is dedicated to building a seamless, private, and secure experience for users to locate their devices, personal items, and share location with friends and family. We are a group of highly motivated engineers, designers, and product managers who are passionate about creating a simple and reliable experience for hundreds of millions of users worldwide. We thrive in a fast-paced environment where team members are often encouraged to wear multiple hats and contribute to various aspects of the product lifecycle. Innovation and creative problem-solving are at the heart of our team, and we constantly explore new approaches to deliver groundbreaking solutions while collaborating with diverse disciplines across the company, including hardware, software, and privacy, to deliver an exceptional user experience. As an engineer on our team, you will thrive in a fast-paced, startup-like environment, collaborating closely with a passionate team to achieve a shared mission and be instrumental in developing exciting new features, and your contributions will directly impact millions of users. We embrace continuous iteration and improvement, so you will have the opportunity to learn, grow, and refine your skills as we build the future of Find My. In this role, you will be a key contributor in architecting and implementing highly available, large-scale deployment solutions which are scalable and reliable. You will partner with product, SRE, and other engineering teams to bring those systems to life by building necessary tools. As a senior engineer, you will mentor junior engineers, contribute to design and code reviews, and help shape how Find My Micro Services scales into the future. This is a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment with remote teams where you will apply software engineering skills to build tools to tackle complex distributed systems challenges at global scale —and where your work will directly impact the stability and experience of millions of Find My users every day. The ideal candidate is proactive, results-driven, and passionate about learning. You will not only dive deep in solving complex problems, but you will also work closely with partners in various disciplines across the company. Join our team of individuals with a deep passion for building phenomenal products; we can’t wait to meet you!

Requirements

• 3+ years of strong software development experience.
• 5+ years of experience in working with cloud architectures.
• Strong software development experience with Java and a proven versatility to pick up other languages (such as Python, Go or Bash) for automation and tooling.
• Hands-on experience in managing and working with cloud architectures including their specific networking and native services.
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes (K8s) architecture, container runtimes, and package management via technologies like Helm.
• Proficiency with Terraform or similar technologies, including writing modular, reusable code for multi-environment setups.
• Deep understanding of network security, firewalls, encryption (at rest and in transit), IAM roles, and secret management tools (e.g., HashiCorp Vault, cloud native secret managers).
• Hands-on experience with observability and integrating with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and Splunk.
• Hands-on experience in building and integrating with micro services.
• Skilled at identifying architectural gaps and driving solutions across partner teams.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Hands-on experience with multi-cloud environments like AWS, Google Cloud and Azure.
• Strong ability to communicate complex infrastructure concepts to both technical and business stakeholders.
• Proven track record of leading and managing enterprise level projects or multi-functional engineering initiatives.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leveraging LLMs or AI tooling for operational automation and workflow optimization.

Responsibilities

• Architecting and implementing highly available, large-scale deployment solutions which are scalable and reliable.
• Partnering with product, SRE and other engineering teams to bring those systems to life by building necessary tools.
• Mentoring junior engineers.
• Contributing to design and code reviews.
• Shaping how Find My Micro Services scales into the future.
• Applying software engineering skills to build tools to tackle complex distributed systems challenges at global scale.
• Identifying architectural gaps and driving solutions across partner teams.

What This Job Offers

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