About the role

What will you do at Apple?

Do you want to help build some of the largest and most consequential enterprise

and customer technology systems in the world? Join Apple’s Information Systems

and Technology (IS&T) organization. IS&T is the engine behind everything Apple

does for customers and for the people who build for them. It’s Apple’s central

nervous system. Supporting 2.5 billion active Apple devices, processing billions

of secure transactions, and keeping the technology that defines modern life

running flawlessly, IS&T makes the impossible feel effortless. Do you love

building solutions to handle global complexity and immense scale? Imagine what

you could do here. Retail and Marcom Engineering, an IS&T team, builds and

operates the systems and experiences that connect Apple's products with its

customers. The team owns the technology behind both Apple's online and physical

stores and drives the interactive marketing experiences and tools that keep

creative operations moving. Together, those functions deliver the technology

behind every product story Apple tells and every purchase a customer makes.

DESCRIPTION

In this role, you will

work within a highly collaborative environment that
balances rapid execution with technical excellence. You will gain exposure to
cutting-edge cloud architectures and modern tooling, opening up clear pathways
for personal growth and career advancement.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
3 years of hands-on experience in infrastructure engineering, DevOps, or
software engineering. Linux: Proficiency in Linux system administration. Source
Control: Working knowledge of source control management systems, including Git
and SVN. Cloud Infrastructure: Experience working with cloud platforms such as
AWS, GCP, or Azure. Software Development: Solid coding skills in Go, Java, or
Python, with working knowledge of Test-Driven Development (TDD). CI/CD &
Automation: Experience building and maintaining build/release systems and CI/CD
pipelines. Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Familiarity with modern IaC tools such
as Terraform, Pulumi, or Helm. Web Servers & Load Balancing: Working knowledge
of web servers and load balancers, including Apache HTTP Server, NGINX, or
HAProxy. Virtualization: Familiarity with hypervisors and virtualization tooling
such as VMware ESXi, Vagrant, or KVM. Security & Encryption: General
understanding of application security, system security, and transport layer
security. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
OR equivalent experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Self-Starter & Problem Solver: High degree of personal autonomy, initiative, and
proactive problem-solving abilities. Communication & Collaboration: Patient
listener who actively seeks out all points of view during technical discussions,
paired with a strong commitment to execute once alignment and strategic
direction are established. Observability & Monitoring: Hands-on experience with
Splunk, Prometheus, and Grafana for real-time monitoring and alerting at global
scale. Go & Kubernetes: Proven track record writing idiomatic Go to extend,
automate, or interface with Kubernetes ecosystems (e.g., custom controllers,
operators, or cloud-native tooling). Full-Stack & Web UI Integration: Experience
building and maintaining production-grade Web UI frontends using modern
frameworks (Vue, React, or Svelte) tightly integrated with Go backends and APIs.
Security-First Containerization: Mastery of Docker image hardening
(minimal/distroless base images, rootless execution, vulnerability scanning,
image signing, and secret hygiene). Software Development: Expert-level coding
skills in Go, Java, and Python, with strong mastery of Test-Driven Development
(TDD) applied across large-scale, distributed systems. Security & Encryption:
Deep, applied understanding of application security, system security, transport
layer security, and modern encryption standards in production environments.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Advanced, production-hardened experience across
Terraform, Pulumi, and Helm at global/multi-region scale. Cloud Infrastructure:
Demonstrated experience architecting high-availability, multi-cloud solutions
across AWS, GCP, and/or Azure.

Which skills does this role require?

LinuxGitAWSGCPAzureCI/CDTerraformInfrastructure as CodeDevOpsInfrastructure EngineeringSVNPulumiHelmWeb ServersLoad BalancingVirtualizationCloud ArchitectureAutomationRetail EngineeringVue.js

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