Job description

As a Senior Software Release Engineer on the Private Cloud Compute team, you will be responsible for driving the test strategy, automation infrastructure, and validation frameworks that underpin some of Apple's most critical and technically complex distributed systems. You will operate at the intersection of hardware and software, working across the full stack to ensure that next-generation datacenter technology is performant, reliable, and ready to scale. You will be expected to bring senior-level technical leadership to every initiative you own, from defining test architecture to driving resolution of the most complex system-level issues. You will collaborate directly with hardware and platform teams to validate novel compute platforms before they reach production and will build the tooling and automation infrastructure that enables the broader engineering organization to move with speed and confidence. In this highly collaborative and cross-functional role, you will partner with architecture teams, SOC architects, platform engineers, and software teams across Apple to adapt, validate, and scale software on novel compute platforms. If you are a senior engineer who thrives on solving hard problems, owning critical initiatives end-to-end, and building systems that have never been built before, this is the role for you. 10 or more years in release engineering, build infrastructure and production releases BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience. MS or PhD a plus. Expertise with large-scale build systems and C++/Swift/Python toolchains CI/CD at scale with sharp judgment on cost, cache, and flake reduction Track record shipping on tight, non-negotiable deadlines tied to OS or hardware launches Experience validating ML or LLM workloads running on hardware accelerators such as GPUs, NPUs, or Apple Silicon in a cloud or datacenter environment. Familiarity with Apple development tools, Swift, or Objective-C. Experience building test infrastructure for systems at the hardware-software boundary, including firmware, drivers, or low-level platform software. Knowledge of energy efficiency and performance profiling techniques for high performance computing workloads. Experience contributing to or defining test strategy at an organizational level, not just within a single team or product area. Prior experience working in a private cloud, hyperscale datacenter, or edge compute environment.

Requirements

Must-haves

10 or more years in release engineering, build infrastructure and production releases
Expertise with large-scale build systems and C++/Swift/Python toolchains
CI/CD at scale with sharp judgment on cost, cache, and flake reduction
Track record shipping on tight, non-negotiable deadlines tied to OS or hardware launches
Experience validating ML or LLM workloads running on hardware accelerators such as GPUs, NPUs, or Apple Silicon in a cloud or datacenter environment.
Familiarity with Apple development tools, Swift, or Objective-C.
Experience building test infrastructure for systems at the hardware-software boundary, including firmware, drivers, or low-level platform software.
Knowledge of energy efficiency and performance profiling techniques for high performance computing workloads.
Experience contributing to or defining test strategy at an organizational level, not just within a single team or product area.
Prior experience working in a private cloud, hyperscale datacenter, or edge compute environment.

Nice-to-haves

BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience. MS or PhD a plus.

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Platform: apple
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