Golang Job: Cloud Engineer

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Company

Apple

Location

London, England - United Kingdom

Job type

Full-Time

Golang Job Details

Summary

Posted: Mar 10, 2022
Weekly Hours: 35
Role Number:200342947
We are building and supporting new and existing critical infrastructural systems and frameworks which provide and support services like structured and unstructured storage, caching, queueing, searching, and much more at hyperscale. These form the platform upon which many iCloud and other backend systems at Apple are built. The team is responsible for the next generation platform that will power Apple’s infrastructural services. These services operate at extremely large scale and store exabytes of data. The platform will support a variety of services based on open-source software, such as Kubernetes, Cassandra, Zookeeper, Kafka, Redis, etc, alongside internally developed services. Desired Skills: • Experience with large scale server provisioning and maintenance (OpenStack Ironic, Metal3, MAAS, xCat, Netbox, Tinkerbell). • Experience with development within Kubernetes ecosystem, including operator framework, controllers and CRDs. Experience with UI frameworks such as React, Angular or JQuery Some exposure to the following: • Hardware bootstrap and associated security (PXE, BIOS, TPM, secure boot, trusted computing). • Structured or unstructured storage and caching. • Automating operations processes via services and tools. • Configuration management and fleet orchestration via Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or others. • Cloud Services (AWS S3/EC2/CloudFront or equivalent).

Key Qualifications

  • Successful track-record and proven experience as a backend internet services software developer.
  • Deep understanding of multi-threading concepts and design of highly concurrent applications.
  • Understanding of distributed system concepts including: the CAP Theorem, micro-services, and the Twelve Factor App.
  • Knowledge of SDLC, including continuous integration, testing methodologies, TDD and agile development methodologies.
  • Proficiency in one or more high-level programming languages like Golang (preferred), Java, Python, Ruby or equivalent.
  • Understanding of base internet infrastructure services including DNS, DHCP, LDAP, server virtualisation, server monitoring.

Description

We are looking for a strong, enthusiastic developer to join as a member of this group. This person will have a tremendous amount of individual responsibility and influence over the direction the core platform of many critical Apple internet services takes for years to come. You are someone with ideas and real passion for software delivered as a service to improve reuse, efficiency, and simplicity. This engineer’s work will impact hundreds of millions of users and be essential to the success of some of the most visible current and future Apple features.

Education & Experience

• BS/MS in Computer Science or Equivalent.

Additional Requirements

  • This role may require occasional international travel/transatlantic travel.
  • Apple’s most important resource, our soul, is our people. Apple benefits help further the well-being of our employees and their families in meaningful ways. No matter where you work at Apple, you can take advantage of our health and wellness resources and time-away programmes. We’re proud to provide stock grants to employees at all levels of the company, and we also give employees the option to buy Apple stock at a discount — both offer everyone at Apple the chance to share in the company’s success. You’ll discover many more benefits of working at Apple, such as programmes that match your charitable contributions, reimburse you for continuing your education and give you special employee pricing on Apple products.
  • Apple benefits programmes vary by country and are subject to eligibility requirements. Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Apple is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.