Remote Backend Jobs

You will work on the core storage, indexing and search systems that power on-device Spotlight search over data on all iOS and macOS devices. You are passionate about building performant and well-designed systems and are able to learn existing systems quickly to understand how to bring them to the next level. You are dedicated to doing whatever needs to be done to delight users, whether it be designing or building new components, optimizing low-level system performance and resource usage, or extending and modifying existing systems to enable new search features.

Minimum Qualifications

• Proficiency in C++
• Interest in low-level, high performance systems
• Strong background in fundamental systems concepts such as multithreading, concurrency, memory management, persistent indexes, crash recovery, algorithms, data structures, system design
• Strong communication skills
• Bachelors in Computer Science or equivalent industry work experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with systems (e.g., database internals, operating systems, file systems, or embedded systems)
• Experience with text indexing and search systems
• Experience with performance, memory or storage optimization
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly
• Advance degree in related field or equivalent industry work experience