Sr. Software Engineer - Open Source Programs (ASE)
Job Description
Summary
Open source software is at the heart of Apple platforms and developer tools.
We are looking for a software engineer to join our passionate, collaborative, distributed team.
The Open Source Program Office is focused on enabling use, contributions, adoption, and release of open source software at Apple. We partner Apple-wide to support open source strategy and operations. Our responsibilities include streamlining and automating open source workflows, educating teams, supporting project growth, and gathering and reporting metrics. If you enjoy connecting people and ideas, building community, and growing open source at scale, we'd love to hear from you! This is great opportunity to work across many Apple product engineering teams and open source communities.
We are looking for a software engineer to join our passionate, collaborative, distributed team.
The Open Source Program Office is focused on enabling use, contributions, adoption, and release of open source software at Apple. We partner Apple-wide to support open source strategy and operations. Our responsibilities include streamlining and automating open source workflows, educating teams, supporting project growth, and gathering and reporting metrics. If you enjoy connecting people and ideas, building community, and growing open source at scale, we'd love to hear from you! This is great opportunity to work across many Apple product engineering teams and open source communities.
Description
As an experienced engineer in our Open Source Program Office, you will develop tooling and automate infrastructure to support open source operations across the company. You’ll build highly-visible solutions to streamline and report on open source usage, contributions, and releases. Drawing from your experience, you will educate and guide internal engineering teams on their open source initiatives. With a balance of passion and pragmatism, you’ll integrate software systems, automate workflows using API-oriented approaches, and manage cloud infrastructure. Join us to drive innovation and efficiency as you shape the future of open source at Apple!
Minimum Qualifications
- At least 5 years of relevant industry experience
- Strong track record of contributing to and engaging with open source projects
- Experience writing applications in multiple programming languages (e.g. Swift, Javascript, Python, etc)
- Experience operating and developing infrastructure and services in public cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Experience with open source tools such as GitHub, package managers, and CI systems
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience collecting high-level requirements and translating them into reliable high-performance solutions
- Experience integrating systems and automating workflows using API-oriented approaches
- Self-driven, able to work autonomously as part of an asynchronous and distributed team
- Ability to work iteratively, triage issues reported by others, make quality technical recommendations, and write clear documentation
- Empathetic and collaborative
- Ability to mentor and be mentored