Core Services Media API Engineer

Apple Inc

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Location
Cupertino, CA
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$150,400–$277,600 / yr
Posted
23 days ago
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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 · Core Services Media API Engineer

Core Services Media API Engineer - Apple Services Engineering is a Sr. Software Engineer role within the Apple Services Engineering Core Services team. You will join a hands-on development team to build and enhance large-scale systems and creative features for customer-facing applications including Apple Music, Apple TV, and the App Store. Your daily work involves developing web service performance, designing RESTful APIs, and enhancing MusicKit APIs for developers. You will utilize knowledge of JVM or functional languages like Clojure, alongside deep expertise in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design. The role requires managing distributed data stores such as Cassandra, Redis, or MongoDB to solve complex scalability and performance problems, specifically focusing on median, 95th, and 99th percentile performance metrics for global services.

What you'll do

  • Build and enhance large-scale systems using distributed data stores.
  • Develop creative features for customer-facing applications like Apple Music and the App Store.
  • Design and implement RESTful APIs and other API technologies.
  • Optimize web service performance focusing on median, 95th, and 99th percentile metrics.
  • Develop and enhance MusicKit APIs for the developer community and partners.
  • Write effective unit and integration tests for software components.
  • Solve complex technical problems using sophisticated engineering solutions.

What we're looking for

  • B.S. in Computer Science or similar field.
  • At least 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer.
  • Knowledge of JVM or functional languages like Clojure.
  • Strong object oriented design and analysis skills with a deep understanding of data structures and algorithms.
  • Experience in designing and implementing RESTful APIs or other API technologies.
  • Experience with NoSQL or document oriented data stores (preferred).
  • Experience writing effective unit and integration tests (preferred).

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