Senior iOS Software Engineer — CloudKit

Imagine what we could create together! At Apple new ideas have a way of becoming phenomenal products services and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and theres no limit to what we could accomplish. Apple is seeking an experienced Senior iOS Software Engineer to contribute to the development of the next generation of cloud services infrastructure. You will be responsible for designing and implementing key components of the iCloud platform integrating novel fundamental capabilities deeply into the core of Apples operating systems. nnYour work will enable the creation of entirely new applications and the scaling of existing ones including FaceTime Push Notifications iCloud Drive Photos and Backup. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact. You will collaborate with highly skilled teams dedicated to engineering excellence and deliver features that uphold strong privacy guarantees for end users.n

On the client-side of iCloud services our team is responsible for establishing the foundations of a secure and private cloud. This includes device-to-device encrypted storage in the cloud protected computation and other essential components. Apples commitment to privacy is deeply ingrained in our work and this team is instrumental in extending this commitment to the cloud. This position requires close collaboration with the CloudKit team as well as with several other teams working on server components and Apples Cryptography and Privacy teams. nnThe role entails both low-level (C/Objective C libdispatch POSIX APIs) and system-level skills (synchronization protocols framework design IPCs multi-process performance work system-wide resource sharing). Reliability is paramount and we seek engineers with a genuine passion for constructing complex systems that can seamlessly recover from errors.n

Work with adopters to craft clear APIsnWork with the network and file system stacks to build performant system daemonsnWork with our server counterparts to design scalable features and protocolsnImplement core components of the cryptographic protection of cloud data

5 years of software engineering experience with strong programming skills in Swift and/or Objective-CnExperience building on Apple Platforms (macOS iOS watchOS tvOS etc.)nExperience working with and building system-level frameworks and APIsnExperience working with client-server architectures and network protocols in a distributed systemnProven track record of working on rapid development cycles and shipping software on tight schedulesnExcellent communicationnBachelors degree or above in an engineering-related field or equivalent related experience

Experience with Swift concurrencynExperience with security privacy and cryptography conceptsnExperience with event-based programming and/or inter-process communication is a plusnAbility to build relationships in highly cross-functional environments