Software Development Engineer
Apple
Software Engineering
Seattle, WA, USA
USD 171,600-258,100 / year + Equity
Posted on May 29, 2026
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APPLE INC has the following available in Seattle, Washington. Discuss with cross functional engineering teams, collect the technical API specification for the tools. Research, design, and develop the tools, frameworks and pipelines using GoLang, Java, Python. Analyze user needs and develop software solutions, applying principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis. Participate in the code review and approval to merge. Build deployment pipelines to successfully deploy and mainstream the tools from AWS clusters. Analyze and benchmark the Product for the Performance. Provide necessary technical recommendations to improve the efficiency of Search API Stack. Debug the Siri Search stack for performance issues and qualify the product for releases. Maintain/support the performance tools which generates Load Test Traffic in Pre-production test clusters. These tools are responsible for generating production like traffic across all the business endpoints supported by Apple search Platform. Document and report the performance benchmarking. Participate in Root Cause Analysis and meetings to identify preventative measures. 40 hours/week. 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 $171,600 - $258,100/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. PAY & BENEFITS: 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: https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html. Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
- Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 2 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.
- 1 year of experience with each of the following skills is required:
- Utilizing Golang to build search product and APIs
- Automation for load testing and analysis to detect any failures
- Kubernetes, AWS, or internet scale web services for test traffic
- Performance test tools or automation frameworks
- Experience in complex product stack
- Test source data management to manager source data collection and storage
- Experience in stack architecture to develop a modular load-testing strategy for monolithic product stack.
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