Senior Cloud Software Engineer, Find My

Summary

The Find My team is dedicated to building a seamless, private, and secure experience for users to locate their devices, personal items, and share location with friends and family. We're a group of highly motivated engineers, designers, and product managers who are passionate about creating a simple and reliable experience for hundreds of millions of users worldwide. We thrive in a fast paced environment where team members are often encouraged to wear multiple hats and contribute to various aspects of the product lifecycle. Innovation and creative problem-solving are at the heart of our team, and we constantly explore new approaches to deliver groundbreaking solutions while collaborating with diverse disciplines across the company, including hardware, software, and privacy, to deliver an exceptional user experience.

Description

As an engineer on our team, you'll thrive in a fast-paced, startup-like environment, collaborating closely with a passionate team to achieve a shared mission and be instrumental in developing exciting new features, and your contributions will directly impact millions of users. We embrace continuous iteration and improvement, so you'll have the opportunity to learn, grow, and refine your skills as we build the future of Find My.

In this role you will be a key contributor in architecting and implementing highly available, large-scale deployment solutions which are scalable and reliable. You will partner with product, SRE and other engineering teams to bring those systems to life by building necessary tools.

As a senior engineer, you’ll mentor junior engineers, contribute to design and code reviews, and help shape how Find My Micro Services scales into the future. This is a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment with remote teams where you'll apply a software engineering skills to build tools to tackle complex distributed systems challenges at global scale —and where your work will directly impact the stability and experience of millions of Find My users every day.

The ideal candidate is proactive, results-driven, and passionate about learning. You will not only dive deep in solving complex problems, but you will also work closely with partners in various disciplines across the company.

Join our team of individuals with a deep passion for building phenomenal products- we can’t wait to meet you!

Minimum Qualifications

8+ years of strong software development experience and 5+ years of experience in working with cloud architecturesBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience)Strong software development experience with Java and a proven versatility to pick up other languages (such as Python, Go or Bash) for automation and tooling.Hands-on experience in managing and working with cloud architectures including their specific networking and native services.Deep knowledge of Kubernetes (K8s) architecture, container runtimes, and package management via technologies like Helm.

Preferred Qualifications

Deep understanding of network security, firewalls, encryption (at rest and in transit), IAM roles, and secret management tools (e.g., HashiCorp Vault, cloud native secret managers).Hands-on experience with observability and integrating with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, and SplunkProficiency with Terraform or similar technolgies, including writing modular, reusable code for multi-environment setups.Skilled at identifying architectural gaps and driving solutions across partner teamsHands-on experience in building and integrating with micro services.Hands-on experience with multi-cloud environments like AWS, Google Cloud and AzureExperience leveraging LLMs or AI tooling for operational automation and workflow optimizationStrong ability to communicate complex infrastructure concepts to both technical and business stakeholdersProven track record of leading and managing enterprise level projects or multi-functional engineering initiativesExcellent analytical and problem solving skillsExcellent written and verbal communication skills

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Role Number: 200684765-1052