Senior Software Engineer - FoundationDB

Apple • Cupertino, CA

10d

About The Position

Imagine what we could do together. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming
phenomenal products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring
passion and dedication to your job, and there’s no telling what we could
accomplish. The FoundationDB team is seeking highly skilled and committed
developers to join and contribute to the development of the system, enabling it
to achieve unprecedented heights. This role entails substantial individual
responsibility and influence over the backend, which will power numerous
critical Apple services for years to come.

The ideal candidate possesses a proven track record of generating innovative
ideas and demonstrating a deep passion for software that prioritizes reuse,
efficiency, and simplicity. FoundationDB boasts a specialized simulation testing
framework designed to ensure the correctness of its systems. In addition to
simulation testing, the role involves collaborating on performance testing for
the product, including the establishment of test clusters, the execution of
benchmarks, the visualization of results, the identification and resolution of
performance regressions, the incorporation of metrics, and the implementation of
code modifications. This work will have a profound impact on hundreds of
millions of users and is crucial to the success of some of the most prominent
current and future Apple features.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience designing, implementing, and operating distributed systems
• Industry experience developing software in C++ and large software systems
• Experience in performance benchmarking, debugging, and tuning distributed systems
• Bachelor's Degree in an engineering-related field or equivalent related experience

Nice To Haves

• Proficiency in optimizing CPU usage, memory allocation, profiling, I/O throughput and latency tuning, and performance monitoring tools such as perf, eBPF, and DTrace.
• Experience in benchmarking distributed systems and resolving performance challenges for production-level systems.
• Strong communication skills, enabling the ability to establish rapport with diverse stakeholders.
• Familiarity with cloud deployment and monitoring technologies, including Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of distributed systems, networking, operating systems, and scheduling principles.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating on performance testing for the product, including the establishment of test clusters
• Execution of benchmarks
• Visualization of results
• Identification and resolution of performance regressions
• Incorporation of metrics
• Implementation of code modifications

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees