Senior Software Engineer - Transparency - iCloud

Ever wondered how to prove your conversations are secure or how to build trust in the privacy claims of a cloud service? Transparency service provides secure identity and verifiable transparency that protect iMessage, Private Cloud Compute, and other critical Apple products. \\n\\nWe build the backend systems that provide public, cryptographic proof that users' data and messages are secure, ensuring that the billions of Apple users and their devices can connect with confidence. \\n\\nWe are a small team with big impact, tackling challenges across verifiable key transparency, privacy-preserving infrastructure, data consistency and reliability at extreme scale, and building publicly auditable and tamper-evident logging systems. \\n\\n Are you interested in product innovation and building services with unrivaled privacy and security, while solving unique, large-scale, and highly-complex technical problems? Are you passionate about delivering the best possible experience to customers? If so, come join us!

Join us to build transparency infrastructure that scales to the next billion users and devices. Your responsibilities will cover all aspects of the software development lifecycle, including feature exploration, architectural design, development, testing, and operations for services that demand the highest standards of reliability and security. \n\nYou will represent our team in various cross-functional settings and lead projects in our realms of expertise. We are seeking a strong technical hands-on engineer, who is passionate about applying their skills to create real-world impact and build products that users love. You should feel a personal stake in the services we are responsible for, be eager to learn about new technologies, and have the ability to build positive and effective relationships with the people you work with. \n\nOur work is complex, challenging and highly visible. The opportunities for you to make an impact here are boundless.

At least 3+ years of backend software engineering experience\n\nExperience in Java, Go, C#, or similar languages.\n\nExperience in building large scale, highly available application services.\n\nIndependent, driven, motivated, and a deep sense of ownership\n\nStrong written and verbal communication skills\n\n\n

Good understanding of multi-threading, non-blocking I/O, and client-server development.\n\nExperience with applied cryptography\n\nUnderstanding of transparency systems (key transparency, certificate transparency, Merkle trees)\n\nExperience with distributed database systems (such as Cassandra)