Senior Software Engineer

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: New York, NY
Salary: $184,700–$277,600 / yr
Posted: 4 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $231k

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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 1995 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer

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As a Senior Software Engineer within the Ads Engineering team, you will build foundational components for next-generation systems that deliver optimized advertising content across various platforms. You will design and implement high-volume, low-latency internal and external services in cloud environments while collaborating with cross-functional teams to manage complex platform needs. The role involves developing distributed systems, large-scale data infrastructure, and technologies involving LLMs and Generative AI. To succeed, you must possess strong computer science fundamentals and experience with OOPS programming in Java or C++. You will utilize public cloud technologies like AWS or GCP, work with relational and non-relational datastores, and employ data processing tools such as Kafka, Spark, or Flink. Your work addresses the technical challenge of building scalable microservices to support high-scale performance tuning within a privacy-preserving advertising ecosystem.

What does a Software Engineer earn in New York?

Median $214000 from 227 postings across 45 companies.

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Skills

Java C++ micro services Distributed Systems Kafka Spark Flink AWS GCP LLMs Generative AI Data Processing High-Scale Performance Tuning

What you'll do

Build foundational components for the next generation of Apple Ads systems.
Implement low-latency, high-availability services for internal and external use in cloud environments.
Design performant services that support rapid growth with minimal operational overhead.
Develop distributed backend systems to handle complex advertising use cases.
Manage large-scale data infrastructure using technologies like Kafka, Spark, or Flink.
Optimize microservices for high-scale performance and reliability.
Manage both relational and non-relational datastores to support platform needs.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering discipline or equivalent.
Master's degree (preferred).
5 or more years of industry experience building scalable micro services or data driven platforms.
8+ years of experience in software engineering (preferred).
Strong computer science fundamentals and problem solving skills.
Experience with OOPS programming, such as Java/C++ or equivalent.
Expertise in backend distributed systems, micro-service design, and high-scale performance tuning.
Proficiency in cloud paradigms, public cloud APIs, and data processing technologies like Kafka, Spark, or Flink.

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