Data Services Engineer, Apple Wallet, Payments & Commerce

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Cary, NC
Posted: 3 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 · Data Services Engineer, Apple Wallet, Payments & Commerce

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Join WPC Engineering as a DataServices Engineer and help architect, scale, and evolve Apple’s data infrastructure across cloud and on-premises environments. You will drive the design of high-performance, highly available data services such as relational, NoSQL, streaming, and search platforms that power financial systems at massive scale. Your day-to-day involves collaborating with application teams to lead automation initiatives, ensuring operational excellence and reliability. The role requires deep expertise in AWS data services like Aurora PostgreSQL, RDS MSK, ElastiCache, and proficiency in Terraform, Ansible, Crossplane for infrastructure-as-code practices. Strong Python skills are essential for automation and tooling, along with a solid understanding of database internals and experience in zero-downtime migrations. This position is ideal for someone passionate about building resilient and innovative data systems at scale within the financial services domain.

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AWS RDS Aurora MSK ElastiCache Terraform Ansible Crossplane Kubernetes Python Cassandra Kafka Elasticsearch Redis Grafana Prometheus OpenTelemetry CI/CD

What you'll do

Design and operational excellence of critical data platforms for Apple's financial systems.
Lead automation initiatives to reduce toil and increase reliability in production environments.
Drive the scaling and evolution of data infrastructure across cloud and on-premises environments.
Work closely with application teams to deliver high-performance, highly available data services.
Execute zero-downtime migrations and large-scale infrastructure transitions for financial systems.

What we're looking for

5+ years of experience operating and scaling distributed data platforms in large-scale production environments.
Deep expertise with AWS data services and experience designing hybrid or multi-cloud architectures.
Strong proficiency in infrastructure-as-code using tools like Terraform, Ansible, Crossplane for building scalable automation.
Experience deploying and managing containerized database workloads on Kubernetes in production settings.
Solid Python skills for automation, operational tooling, and platform workflows.
Proven experience designing HA/DR strategies and executing zero-downtime migrations.
Strong cross-functional collaboration skills to influence without authority and drive alignment across engineering teams.

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