Software Build Engineer

The Software Build & Integration team at Apple is at the core of the Apple software development process. We are responsible for delivering the state-of-the-art operating systems and applications to Apple customers.
The role empowers build engineers to influence new feature integration into Apple software, by collaborating with engineers from Software, Hardware, Localization, QA, and Project Management teams. Software Build Engineers will have the opportunity to utilize and implement solutions using distributed computing, cloud services, and virtualization technologies to deliver Apple software to customers. This involves engineering innovative solutions for Apple's production build system in support of macOS, iOS, watchOS, tvOS, Xcode, and more

Description
Find multiple solutions to a problem, evaluate tradeoffs, and decide the best approach
Understand, retain, and perform complex procedures
Communicate status frequently to product teams and engineering program managers
Collaborate with team members, eager to jump and help when is needed, with a Can Do Attitude
Document new processes or update an existing wiki pages, as well as reading backtraces and stack traces

Minimum Qualifications
MacOS, iOS, or UNIX development experience

UNIX administration and strong software debugging skills

Knowledge of operating system, network, and compiler concepts

Knowledge of a scripting language (eg Python or Perl)

Preferred Qualifications
A good coding ability and testing mindset, e.g. CI/CD, high code coverage, chaos engineering.

Thorough understanding of UNIX debugging

Willingness to learn and master new programming language like: Swift, Go, Python, etc

Familiarity with version control systems such as git or subversion

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