Senior Software Release Engineer, Private Cloud Computing

Apple Service Engineering is seeking an exceptional Senior Software Engineer in

Test to take on a high visibility, high impact role at the center of our

next-generation datacenter and Private Cloud Compute initiatives. This is a role

for a senior engineer who wants to define how world-class distributed systems

are tested, validated, and scaled at one of the most ambitious infrastructure

efforts in the industry. You will be a technical leader and key contributor to

the foundation of Apple's future cloud architecture, working directly with the

systems that power Apple Intelligence and Private Cloud Compute. You will drive

critical testing and validation initiatives across highly performant, energy

efficient platforms built on Apple Silicon, and will play a central role in

ensuring the quality, reliability, and scalability of next-generation datacenter

technology that reaches hundreds of millions of people.

DESCRIPTION

As a Senior Software Release Engineer on the Private Cloud Compute team, you

will be responsible for driving the test strategy, automation infrastructure,

and validation frameworks that underpin some of Apple's most critical and

technically complex distributed systems. You will operate at the intersection of

hardware and software, working across the full stack to ensure that

next-generation datacenter technology is performant, reliable, and ready to

scale. You will be expected to bring senior-level technical leadership to every

initiative you own, from defining test architecture to driving resolution of the

most complex system-level issues. You will collaborate directly with hardware

and platform teams to validate novel compute platforms before they reach

production and will build the tooling and automation infrastructure that enables

the broader engineering organization to move with speed and confidence. In this

highly collaborative and cross-functional role, you will partner with

architecture teams, SOC architects, platform engineers, and software teams

across Apple to adapt, validate, and scale software on novel compute platforms.

If you are a senior engineer who thrives on solving hard problems, owning

critical initiatives end-to-end, and building systems that have never been built

before, this is the role for you.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

10 or more years in release engineering, build infrastructure and production

releases BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience. MS or PhD a plus.

Expertise with large-scale build systems and C++/Swift/Python toolchains CI/CD

at scale with sharp judgment on cost, cache, and flake reduction Track record

shipping on tight, non-negotiable deadlines tied to OS or hardware launches

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience validating ML or LLM workloads running on hardware accelerators such

as GPUs, NPUs, or Apple Silicon in a cloud or datacenter environment.

Familiarity with Apple development tools, Swift, or Objective-C. Experience

building test infrastructure for systems at the hardware-software boundary,

including firmware, drivers, or low-level platform software. Knowledge of energy

efficiency and performance profiling techniques for high performance computing

workloads. Experience contributing to or defining test strategy at an

organizational level, not just within a single team or product area. Prior

experience working in a private cloud, hyperscale datacenter, or edge compute

environment.