Platform & Data Engineer

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Cupertino, CA
Salary
$150,400–$277,600 / yr
Posted
59 days ago
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Confirmed live 3 days ago

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $169k
This role $214k
$84k most similar roles pay here $298k

This role pays more than 83% of similar roles. Most pay $135,675–$201,600 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $214k versus about $169k 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 1984 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $175,000–$277,600 across 1590 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Platform & Data Engineer

As a Platform & Data Engineer, you will join a small team responsible for the infrastructure powering internal automation and testing systems. You will operate at the intersection of Kubernetes platform engineering and large-scale data engineering, managing both the compute platform and the underlying data layer. Your daily responsibilities include scaling and debugging Kubernetes clusters, building robust internal-tools APIs with multi-tenancy and authentication, and managing a MongoDB estate that ingests millions of records daily. You will optimize query performance, manage ETL pipelines, and develop self-service tools for other engineers to perform complex aggregations. The role requires proficiency in Python and experience with production observability systems like log aggregation and error tracking. You will solve technical challenges involving infrastructure scalability while designing user-facing products that simplify data access through query builders or LLM-assisted construction.

What you'll do

  • Manage and scale the Kubernetes footprint to ensure high availability for internal tools.
  • Build and maintain the observability stack, including end-to-end error tracking and log aggregation.
  • Design and develop robust internal-tools APIs featuring multi-tenancy, authentication, and capacity planning.
  • Manage the MongoDB estate by optimizing queries, indexing strategies, and sharding for large datasets.
  • Develop and improve ETL pipelines to feed data into the production environment.
  • Build self-service query layers and tools to allow client teams to perform their own data aggregations.
  • Create developer-facing interfaces and SDKs to streamline the onboarding process for internal teams.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 3-5 years of professional software engineering experience operating production systems in Kubernetes, large-scale data systems, or internal platform infrastructure.
  • Deep, hands-on experience operating and scaling Kubernetes clusters under real load.
  • Experience with MongoDB or similar document databases including aggregation patterns and performance at scale.
  • Professional fluency in Python and comfort owning code in production environments.
  • Experience navigating and building within large-scale internal infrastructure environments.
  • Experience with production observability systems, such as error tracking and log aggregation.
  • Experience designing APIs involving versioning, multi-tenancy, authentication, or capacity planning.

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