Swift on Server Software Engineer, ASE Frameworks

Swift on Server Software Engineer, ASE Frameworks Seattle, Washington, United States Software and Services Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, great ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there’s no telling what you could accomplish. As part of Apple Services Engineering, our team is responsible for building libraries and frameworks which form the foundations of mission-critical systems at Apple. We write software in the Swift programming language and specialize in frameworks for highly available distributed systems. We firmly believe in growing a strong community and many of the frameworks and libraries we produce will become part of the Swift open source ecosystem. We are looking for a senior engineering lead to focus on Swift on Server. The ASE Frameworks team builds foundational libraries and developer tools for services development in Apple Services Engineering. We’re a collection of highly skilled and friendly engineers who value each other’s opinions and experience. We strive for excellence and believe strongly in the quality of our output. We have built a team of domain experts who specialize in specific core subject areas, and also have broad experience of cloud software services and platforms. Description You will have significant responsibilities in building and improving libraries for running large-scale, critical services in Swift. As an engineering lead, you are responsible for setting the direction and ensuring the goals are delivered. This work will include collaboration across multiple teams across Apple to help define, implement and deliver the shared vision. To start fast, we believe a deep understanding of the Swift language and complex distributed backend systems is required. A proven track record of working in the Swift open source ecosystem will make you the perfect candidate. Successful candidates will have strong engineering skills and communication, as well as the ability to build relationships and collaborate across the company. You will have a real passion for quality, technical excellence, and an ability to understand complex systems. If this sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you. Minimum Qualifications 5+ years of experience with Swift and deep understanding of the language Large-scale server-side development of distributed systems in Swift or Java Strong knowledge of Swift Concurrency (async/await, data race safety) and high performance networking in Swift Familiarity with Swift package manager, dependency management, and command line build process Expertise in library design/API evolution Experience in contributing and maintaining open source libraries a plus Existing contributions to the Swift programming language and the Swift on Server ecosystem a plus Understanding of low-level concepts (e.g. memory management and ownership, assembly, etc.). Experience with C/C++/Objective-C a bonus, also reactive Java Strong skills in requirement gathering, with the ability to analyze existing Java libraries and replicate their functionality using idiomatic Swift practices. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are needed to facilitate close interaction with development teams, management, project management, and other organizations within Apple Passion for evangelizing technologies A track record of delivering high quality software at scale and in the open source. Bachelor of Computer Science or equivalent Key Qualifications Preferred Qualifications Quality focus - produce reliable, maintainable, deliverable software Comfortable diving deep - working across multiple levels of abstraction Good at managing relationships & communication - collaborate well with colleagues across a wide range of functions Influential - influence teams and leaders across the company to achieve your vision

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