Software Engineer (DNS Server), Infrastructure Services

Summary
Apple is looking for an engineer to join the Edge Services team responsible for critical systems, such as Apple DNS, that every single Apple team and billions of customer devices depend on! The work involves contributing infrastructure code (Go, shell, C...) to handle services and clusters of servers on six continents in various network environments, address production issues and design for the future

Key Qualifications
Past experience developing deep technical expertise in a technical area
Excellent written and communication skills is a requirement
Experience with large server deployments a plus
Familiarity with Unix, specifically BSD will make ramping up easier
Knowledge of IPv6, UDP, HTTP, BGP etc a plus
Experience with revision control systems, continuous integration, unit testing, code reviews and configuration management systems will make the job more fun

Description
We are looking for an engineer with a validated experience of deeply understanding a technical system, being responsible for the evolution of its architecture and contributing infrastructure code for it in the service of other teams and systems. Such contributor is able to dig into the failures of said systems and work in a collaborative way toward urgent remediation as well as longer term architectural and procedural changes.

While prior expertise with DNS is not a requirement, we expect the ideal candidate to over time grow to that level and contribute their unique perspective on the various systems and sub-systems the Apple DNS team is responsible for.

The engineer filling the position will regularly dive into RFCs and interact with other engineers in writing the RFCs.

Education & Experience
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent relevant work experience.

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