The Storage Systems Engineer role, within the Software Delivery & Technologies (SD&T) organization, is at the core of the Apple software release process. This Software Engineering Systems role is responsible for developing storage systems, placing storage services into production, and applying reliability engineering design to our storage infrastructure, which is used by software engineers to develop Apple software for our customers around the world. Having depth and breadth of knowledge of storage infrastructure in a large-scale distributed environment is a strength you'll need. If you are passionate about solving complex distributed storage systems at scale, we want to hear from you!
Description
The Storage Systems Engineer is part of the SD&T Enterprise team, which is responsible for building and managing a portfolio of services relied upon by Apple R&D. Our storage platforms are at the foundation in hosting Apple source code management and collaboration tools, used by Apple software engineers world wide to develop, test, and release Apple software. As our Storage Systems Engineer, you will drive design, development, and debugging of reliability, performance, and security engineering of our on-premise storage infrastructure, instrument observability of storage and enterprise services, lead service incidents to resolution, and report on SLI/SLO metrics for visibility across the organization.
Minimum qualifications
Experience in designing distributed storage systems for reliability, scalability, security, and performant HA/DR
Experience implementing and troubleshooting distributed systems across storage, networking, and security
Incident management experience in managing customer-facing storage systems in 24/7 environment
Excellent judgment and integrity with ability to make timely and data-driven decisions
Capacity to adapt to changing requirements and anticipate the needs of stakeholders
Education: Bachelor's in Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or Computer Science, or equivalent work experience
Programming Language: Python, Swift, Go, or similar
Preferred qualifications
Uses agentic AI workflows regularly for triaging incidents and root cause analysis
Applies agentic AI coding tools for engineering development and test validation
Experience as storage administrator (e.g. NFS filesystem, S3 object)
Experience with container platforms (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, or similar)
Experience with monitoring and alerting (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, or similar)
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 $150,400 and $277,600, 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.