Distinguished Engineer, Wallet, Payments & Commerce

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Cupertino, CA
Salary
$212,000–$318,400 / yr
Posted
1 day ago
Nearby
99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $265k
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This role pays more than 79% of similar roles. Most pay $176,337–$261,950 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $265k versus about $219k 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

Apple Inc currently has 1848 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Distinguished Engineer, Wallet, Payments & Commerce

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As a Distinguished Engineer on Apple's Wallet, Payments, and Commerce (WPC) team, you will lead the technical vision for Apple’s global payment processing platform, shaping its architecture to ensure secure, reliable, and scalable financial transactions. Your daily responsibilities include collaborating with engineering, product, business, and regulatory leaders to define standards that meet both user experience expectations and regulatory requirements. You will mentor and elevate technical talent across teams, focusing on payments architecture and distributed systems, while driving architectural decisions that balance innovation, scalability, reliability, and compliance. The role requires deep expertise in cloud-native architectures, tokenization, transaction processing, and regulated systems, with a proven track record of technical leadership and the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly to executive and engineering audiences.

Skills

AWS Docker CI/CD Kubernetes PostgreSQL Python Go Terraform Prometheus Grafana SQL RESTful APIs JSON XML OAuth PCI DSS SOX GDPR ISO 27001

What you'll do

  • Shape long-term technical direction for Apple's global payment processing platform.
  • Mentor and elevate technical talent across teams in payments architecture.
  • Define engineering principles ensuring scalability, reliability, and compliance.
  • Lead architectural discussions and decisions for financial services initiatives.
  • Identify opportunities to leverage Apple-wide systems to improve payment infrastructure.

What we're looking for

  • Deep expertise in payments systems, including tokenization and transaction processing.
  • Proven experience designing large-scale distributed systems for millions of users.
  • Strong foundation in cloud-native architectures for scalability and resilience.
  • Track record of technical leadership across complex organizations.
  • Experience working with regulated systems and understanding compliance implications.
  • Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.

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