Staff Software Engineer - FoundationDB
Apple - Cupertino, United States of America
Posted May 20, 2026
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- Not verified checked Jun 13, 2026
- Salary
- $257K-$386K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
- 401(k) match
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Market context
- U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)
- $116,543 U.S. median for this role
- Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)
- +9.8% - Much faster than average
176% above the BLS role benchmark for software engineering aggregate.
Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.
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About this role
Staff Software Engineer - FoundationDB Cupertino, United States of America Apple is looking for an experienced database Software Engineer to help develop the next generation of Apple's cloud services. You will be working on a core component of the iCloud Platform that makes Apple's experiences so phenomenal. We are growing, and so is our mission - each day, more of Apple's customers count on the services that we provide. This FoundationDB team needs strong, dedicated developers to join and help build the system to reach new heights. This person will have a tremendous amount of individual responsibility and influence over the direction of the backend, powering many critical Apple services for years to come. You should be someone who has ideas and a passion for software that maximizes reuse, efficiency, and simplicity. FoundationDB has a unique simulation testing framework for correctness. In addition to simulation, you will help drive the full cycle of efficiency improvement for the product, including setting up test cluster environments, benchmarking, visualizing results, tracing, debugging, and making code changes. This work will impact hundreds of millions of users and be important to the success of some of the most visible current and future Apple features. Minimum Qualifications: 15+ Years of proven experience: Designing, implementing, and operating highly scalable distributed systems. Architect at Planet-Scale: Design and implement foundational changes to the database engine, focusing on extreme scalability, high availability, fault tolerance, and cross-region consensus. Drive Technical Strategy: Drive the long-term technical vision and roadmap for FoundationDB, proactively
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