Software Development Engineer, Databases, AiDP

Summary

The people here at Apple don't just craft products – they build the kind of wonder that has revolutionized entire industries! It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that encourages the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry‑leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it! The Postgres team invites interested engineers to join us to develop and contribute to Postgre

SQL, the world’s most popular open‑source relational database. Our engineers develop and operate Apple’s cloud‑based relational database service hosting Postgre

SQL databases that power some of Apple’s most important workloads in Services, Manufacturing, AIML and many more. You will be joining a team of experts working on modern database technologies, distributed systems and storage engineering, helping push the limits of open‑source Postgre

SQL to offer enterprise‑class performance, availability and durability to our customers, as well as ensuring reliable administration. Your work will be deployed at massive scale, serving millions of queries per second over many petabytes of data across our data‑centers worldwide and impacting the experiences of many millions of users of key Apple services.

The Apple Postgres team develops and operates a highly reliable, cloud relational database service that serves all of Apple. We’re looking for curious, enthusiastic and collaborative developers with an extraordinary degree of care and rigor in engineering who can contribute to all major components of Postgre

SQL, including query execution, storage, replication, high‑availability, scaling, administration, new feature development and all other aspects of the database.

• Fundamentals of system‑level hardware and networking components (storage devices and controllers, network interfaces) in server‑class systems.
• Operating systems concepts (process scheduling, disk and network I/O, performance).
• Understanding of database concepts (relational algebra, query optimization, consistency models, isolation levels, crash and recovery semantics).
• Advanced concepts such as failure detection, load balancing, request pipelining and operational semantics of high‑throughput systems.
• Performance engineering, understanding of advanced testing methodologies, familiarity with debugging and profiling tools.

Success in this role requires a high level of expertise in several of the following: the role also requires excellent communication, the ability to partner closely with our Database Engineering and SRE teams, a high degree of customer focus when engaging with internal customers, and the ability to work effectively with colleagues based in other locations. You will also help mentor junior engineers.

• BS in Computer Science or related fields with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• High level of proficiency in C, C++, Rust.
• Advanced understanding of data structures and algorithms in storage and indexing, coding in C, C++.
• Demonstrated experience developing database systems, storage engines, distributed systems.
• Experience developing software in open source communities.
• Knowledge of the internals of relational databases such as Postgre
  
  SQL (or MySQL, Maria
  
  DB).

• MS in Computer Science or related fields with 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Expertise with code performance and optimization.
• Expertise with relational database systems architecture.
• Knowledge of Linux Kernel development.

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. The base pay range for this role is between $212,000 and $386,300, and the 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…