Build Engineer, Find My

Summary

The Find My team is dedicated to building a seamless, private, and secure experience for users to locate their devices, personal items, and share location with friends and family. We're a group of highly motivated engineers, designers, and product managers who are passionate about creating a simple and reliable experience for hundreds of millions of users worldwide. We thrive in a fast paced environment where team members are often encouraged to wear multiple hats and contribute to various aspects of the product lifecycle. Innovation and creative problem-solving are at the heart of our team, and we constantly explore new approaches to deliver groundbreaking solutions while collaborating with diverse disciplines across the company, including hardware, software, and privacy, to deliver an exceptional user experience.

Description

As an engineer on our team, you'll thrive in a fast-paced, startup-like environment, collaborating closely with a passionate team to achieve a shared mission. You'll be instrumental in developing exciting new features, and your contributions will directly impact millions of users. We embrace continuous iteration and improvement, so you'll have the opportunity to learn, grow, and refine your skills as we build the future of Find My.

We are looking for an innovative build engineer who is dedicated to build systems, continuous integration and shipping high quality releases. On our team, you will play a key role in supporting complex build trains and CI systems. You will also work closely with members of the Find My client and server development team to build features and maintain our CI system and related services. Our team ships very high profile features which are used by millions of customers daily. We take pride in the quality of work we do, and we deliver these highly valued features in a lively and collaborative environment. The role requires a deep insight into the software development lifecycle for production services and also gives you lots of freedom with the responsibility to complete your goals. Engineers here will thrive in a constantly evolving and fast-paced environment, operating at the tactical level, while solving difficult problems.

Responsibilities

Designing and implementing a build system and infrastructure that delivers high quality software at a rapid pace
Enhancing/restructuring builds to increase the velocity of the build process and improve code sharing capabilities
Communicating with a wide variety of teams to assemble requirements and build collaboration
Eliminating road blocks and enhance flow from development to production
Providing support to development teams, senior management and QA teams

Minimum Qualifications

10+ years of experience with Continuous Integration systems (e.g. Jenkins) and Build and Release processes
Ability to be in office Monday through Thursday
Proven experience and use of GIT
Excellent knowledge of Unix/macOS scripting (bash, Python)
iOS application development knowledge, App Store submission familiarity
Excellent analytical, debugging and problem solving skills
Excellent communication and teamwork skills will help you be more successful in our group dynamic
BS in Computer Science

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with build systems such as Bazel, Buck, or Xcode build system, beyond standard CI tools like Jenkins
Familiarity with distributed/large-scale build infrastructure and build optimization techniques (caching, incremental builds, parallelization)
Experience supporting server-side/backend build and release pipelines, not just client/iOS
Familiarity with App Store Connect, TestFlight, and code signing/provisioning workflows
Experience working cross-functionally with development, QA, and release management teams to streamline the SDLC

Pay & Benefits — Cupertino, California, United States

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 $184,700 and $324,800, 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

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Application Deadline

Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.