The business problem is to enable satellite connectivity to iPhone when off the grid without cellular or Wi-Fi coverage, allowing customers to access emergency assistance when they have no other means to communicate. The job aims to shape and improve this critical service for the safety of millions of Apple device users.
Requirements
- You have deep understanding of core CS - including algorithms & data structures, operating systems, distributed systems, networking, and concurrent programming.
- You have experience and insight into designing, implementing, and supporting highly scalable cloud services from the ground up.
- You are a versatile programmer in Go, Java, Python.
- DevOps experience is nice to have.
Responsibilities
- Architecting and developing cloud services : you will design, implement, and own new cloud services.
- Ensuring high availability and scalability : systems you design must be reliable, resilient, and can handle a massive user load without failure.
- Owning the Full Software Lifecycle (DevOps): you will be responsible for deploying, monitoring, and supporting your services in production.
- Defining Technical Requirements from Ambiguity: translate high-level goals into concrete technical specifications and tasks.
Other
- technically savvy computer science professional who is able to work autonomously in a small, foundational team in an ambiguous rapidly changing environment.
- strong interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate effectively with other cross-functional teams and the other members of this team!
- comfortable in working in a dynamic, fast-growing team environment.
- can thrive in small team environment with minimal documentation and process.
- phenomenal aptitude to deal with ambiguity, and enthusiasm to help tackle difficult issues.
