Senior Software Engineer, Apple Data Platform

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Cupertino, CA
Salary: $150,400–$277,600 / yr
Posted: 49 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role $214k

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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 · Senior Software Engineer, Apple Data Platform

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As a Senior Software Engineer, Apple Data Platform, you will join the ASE Data Platform team to design, develop, and deploy high-performance systems that handle millions of daily online events and queries. You will be responsible for building critical infrastructure and frameworks supporting structured and unstructured storage, caching, queueing, and searching. Your day-to-day work involves developing large-scale data processing applications on cloud-based infrastructure like AWS and GCP while managing infrastructure through Pulumi and Crossplane. You will build reliable distributed systems using Go, Java, and Scala, while implementing containerization and orchestration via Docker and Kubernetes. The role focuses on solving complex problems related to high availability, fault tolerance, and low latency for big-data products. Additionally, you may work with analytics technologies like Spark, Flink, Iceberg, Trino, Jupyter, and Druid.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.

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Skills

AWS GCP Go Java Scala Pulumi Crossplane Docker Kubernetes Infrastructure as Code Spark Flink Iceberg Trino Jupyter Druid Distributed Systems Low Latency High Availability

What you'll do

Design, develop, and deploy large-scale data processing frameworks on AWS and GCP cloud infrastructure.
Build and maintain highly reliable distributed systems using Go, Java, or Scala.
Manage infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Pulumi and Crossplane.
Implement and manage containerization and orchestration technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
Architect complex applications with low latency, fault tolerance, and high availability.
Oversee the full lifecycle of system design to ensure scalability and maintainability.
Develop critical infrastructure for storage, caching, queuing, and searching services.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
5+ years of experience designing, developing, and deploying large-scale data processing frameworks on cloud infrastructure like AWS or GCP.
Strong programming expertise in Go, Java, Scala, and scripting languages for distributed systems.
Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Pulumi and Crossplane.
Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
Ability to architect complex applications with low latency, fault tolerance, and high availability.
Preferred experience engineering modern analytics and data technologies like Spark, Flink, Iceberg, Trino, Jupyter, or Druid.
Preferred experience contributing to open source projects.