Distinguished Engineer, Infrastructure Engineering, Wallet, Payments & Commerce

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Cupertino, CA
Salary
$257,400–$386,300 / yr
Posted
2 days ago

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Above market

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This role $322k
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This role pays more than 94% of similar roles. Most pay $160,836–$249,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $322k versus about $205k for comparable roles.

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About Apple Inc

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 · Distinguished Engineer, Infrastructure Engineering, Wallet, Payments & Commerce

As a Distinguished Engineer on the Infrastructure Engineering team within Wallet, Payments & Commerce at Apple, you will lead the technical vision for core financial systems, ensuring data integrity, security, and global scalability. Your responsibilities include defining transactional and analytical data platforms, architecting cloud-native infrastructure across AWS and comparable platforms, and designing traffic management to maintain high availability under peak conditions. You will champion chaos engineering practices, set observability standards, and mentor Principal and Senior Engineers while driving alignment with Apple-wide capabilities. The ideal candidate has over a decade of experience in distributed systems, cloud architecture, and traffic engineering at massive scale, with expertise in financial-grade infrastructure and compliance-driven design. This role requires deep technical leadership and the ability to communicate complex concepts effectively across diverse teams.

What you'll do

  • Define and govern WPC's transactional and analytical data platforms for integrity and compliance.
  • Architect cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure across AWS and comparable platforms for resilience and scalability.
  • Design global traffic management architecture to ensure payment availability under peak conditions.
  • Champion chaos engineering practices and define SLO/SLA standards for financial-grade infrastructure reliability.
  • Set end-to-end observability standards and measurable health indicators across the infrastructure stack.
  • Serve as senior technical authority, driving alignment and mentoring Principal and Senior Engineers.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, including distributed data systems and cloud-native architecture.
  • Proven expertise in designing large-scale distributed systems serving millions of users or high-volume transactions.
  • Strong foundation in scalable and resilient hybrid architectures with hands-on AWS or comparable platform experience.
  • Demonstrated skills in data platforms for consistency, durability, replication, and recovery in critical systems.
  • Experience in traffic management, load balancing, routing, and edge delivery for multi-region high-availability systems.
  • Track record of technical leadership, driving alignment across large engineering teams and mentoring senior engineers.

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