Senior Data Engineer

Apple Inc

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

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $169k
This role $214k
$111k most similar roles pay here $295k

This role pays more than 81% of similar roles. Most pay $135,675–$202,482 — 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 2321 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $175,000–$277,600 across 1891 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Data Engineer

The Senior Data Engineer joins the cybersecurity software engineering team to develop and support services underpinning mission-critical information security capabilities. This role involves designing and optimizing data models, building data-intensive systems, and solving complex data challenges in collaboration with cross-functional teams. The candidate will work on products that drive Apache Spark features within a hyper-scale distributed computing environment. Key responsibilities include implementing relational and medallion data architectures and developing production data pipelines at scale. Required technical skills include proficiency in JVM languages like Scala or Java, as well as Golang or Swift. Additional expertise involves big data platforms, cloud compute environments such as AWS, Azure, or OpenStack, and knowledge of ML/AI workflows, semantic models, knowledge graphs, and data quality frameworks to support analytics and reporting for information security systems.

What does a Data Engineer earn in California?

Median $193250 from 41 postings across 20 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and implement relational and medallion data architectures at scale.
  • Develop production data pipelines within hyper-scale distributed computing environments.
  • Build and optimize data models for mission-critical information security capabilities.
  • Develop state-of-the-art features for Apache Spark systems.
  • Implement ML/AI workflows and feature engineering to support analytics and reporting.
  • Create semantic models and knowledge graphs to solve complex data challenges.
  • Establish data quality frameworks, validation techniques, and governance compliance.
  • Mentor engineers and conduct code reviews to ensure technical excellence.

What we're looking for

  • 4 years of experience designing and implementing relational and medallion data architectures.
  • 4 years of experience designing and implementing production data pipelines at scale.
  • 4 years of proficiency with JVM languages (Scala or Java preferred), Spark, Golang, or Swift.
  • 5+ years of experience in data engineering and expertise with data modeling (preferred).
  • 5+ years of experience with JVM languages: Java or Scala (preferred).
  • 5+ years of experience with big data platforms (preferred).
  • Familiarity with ML/AI workflows, feature engineering, knowledge graphs, and cloud compute environments like OpenStack, AWS, and Azure (preferred).
  • Experience mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, and knowledge of data quality and governance frameworks (preferred).

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