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System Software Engineer

Seattle, United States of America💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-10 → 2026-09-28

Core

Build and integrate system software to orchestrate workloads across highly performant and energy-efficient Apple silicon servers for next-generation data centers.

Role type

Senior IC system software engineer (OS & infrastructure)

Builds

Runtime libraries, frameworks, daemons, and automation tools for data center OS

Domain

Cloud infrastructure, data center systems, Apple silicon

Required skills

C/C++, OS architecture, low-level system programming, process management, IPC, signals, daemon lifecycle, Linux/Apple OS system programming

Preferred skills

init systems (systemd/launchd), distributed systems, cloud computing, AI accelerators (GPUs/TPUs/ASICs), container technologies (Docker/Kubernetes), Swift/Objective-C

Technologies

Apple silicon, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, GPUs, TPUs, ASICs

Responsibilities

Develop and optimize OS-level components for data center infrastructure; Troubleshoot low-level OS issues, networking bottlenecks, and hardware-software integration; Design and maintain system daemons managing hardware and host processes; Implement fault detection and recovery mechanisms; Contribute to automation, monitoring, and diagnostic tools.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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