Software Development Engineer - Applications
Apple
Software Engineering, IT
Austin, TX, USA
Posted on May 29, 2026
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APPLE INC has the following available in Austin, Texas. Design, implement and support operating system technologies to support large scale SQL/NoSQL/Big Data platforms such as Oracle, MongoDB, Hadoop, Kafka, Cassandra, and Couchbase. Solve complex problems using both open-source and in-house tooling to support security and business initiatives. Build, automate, and support critical large scale infrastructure systems. Configure and provision FCP and InfiniBand multi-path Flash storage infrastructure for various Database technologies. Work with advanced Linux administration and set up devices. Work on configuration management including Puppet and Verdad to manage the large compute fleet. Deploy and manage large number of Computes, storages, network switches, fabric, firewall, loadbalancers and ensure ~100+PB of data is being stored securely at rest. Debug performance related issues and troubleshoot complex SAN storage subsystem to ensure data integrity and security. 40 hours/week.
- Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Applications, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or related field and 2 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.
- 2 years of experience with each of the following skills is required:
- Designing, implementing, and supporting operating system technologies supporting big data datastores including Hadoop, Kafka, and Cassandra.
- Working with SQL datastores including Oracle and MySQL and using Vertica, MongoDB, Couchbase and Voldemort to deliver cohesive infrastructure needs for internal Infrastructure systems engineering customers.
- Building tools and automation for Storage Area Network (SAN), InfiniBand fabric, Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies, filesystem, and networking technologies.
- Puppet configuration management: interfacing with developers, database administrators (DBAs), network engineers, and SAN engineers regarding operations and configuration management automation.
- Performing UNIX-related software development in Perl, Python, Ruby or Shell.
- Troubleshooting and addressing issues with UNIX and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/IP network stack components.
- Designing and supporting Linux systems (RedHat/Oracle, Linux/CentOS), including automated operating system (OS) installation, home grown firewall framework, load-balancers, software compilation, package management, and technologies like OS lifecycle management, diagnostic, and performance troubleshooting/profiling.
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