Cloud Database Engineer - Apple Ads

Apple Inc

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Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company known for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, software, and online services, including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and App Store. Industry: Consumer Electronics & Software

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TL;DR · Cloud Database Engineer - Apple Ads

As a Cloud Database Engineer at Apple Ads, you will join the Database Solutions team to design and implement cloud database technologies that ensure reliability, performance, and efficiency for large-scale applications. Your day-to-day responsibilities include partnering with engineering teams to recommend purpose-built databases, building Terraform modules for automated provisioning, developing Python or Go-based automation scripts, optimizing production database performance, and participating in on-call rotations. You will work extensively with Aurora Postgres, Aurora MySQL, MongoDB, CockroachDB, and other distributed SQL or NoSQL platforms, requiring strong hands-on experience with cloud engineering and automation. This role demands a deep understanding of database internals, scripting proficiency in Python or Go, familiarity with NoSQL databases, and expertise in high availability and disaster recovery strategies across multi-region AWS environments.

What you'll do

  • Design and automate cloud database solutions for Apple Ads applications.
  • Recommend and implement purpose-built databases to meet performance and cost goals.
  • Develop Terraform modules for secure and automated provisioning of database resources.
  • Optimize production database performance and enhance observability features.
  • Evaluate and advocate for emerging database technologies in distributed environments.
  • Participate in on-call rotations for escalations related to cloud database issues.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of cloud database engineering and operations experience at scale.
  • Strong hands-on expertise with AWS Aurora Postgres/MySQL and database migration to the cloud.
  • Proficiency in Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) for secure, automated provisioning and compliance.
  • Scripting skills in Python or Go, along with Shell scripting knowledge.
  • Familiarity with NoSQL and distributed SQL databases like MongoDB and CockroachDB.
  • Expertise in database performance tuning, observability, and root cause analysis.
  • Experience implementing high availability and disaster recovery strategies in multi-region environments.

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