Speculation that Apple plans to launch a cloud-based music streaming service (iCloud) continues to gather pace following the latest job posting on the company's official website.

The advertisement for a "Media Streaming Engineering Manager" seems to confirm multiple reports that Apple has completed its work on the service and is preparing for launch.

The posting, first noticed by AppleInsider, is asks for "an excellent engineering manager to join our team and help develop our media streaming engine for our iOS, Mac OS X, and Windows products."

The successful candidate will join Apple's Interactive Media Group (IMG) in Santa Clara Valley, which works on QuickTime, Safari and iTunes among other pieces of Apple software.

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The job posting requests applications from those who have experience designing media streaming systems.

Apple is thought to have finished building the cloud-based music streaming service and already has two of the main music labels signed-on.

It is believed that Apple's music storage service will, like Music Beta by Google, offer users the chance to store and stream their own music, while also offering a Spotify-like subscription service

The company is also rumoured to have bought-up, the iCloud.com demain name.