Senior Software Engineer

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Cupertino, CA
Salary: $184,700–$277,600 / yr
Posted: 6 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 2315 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer

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As a Senior Software Engineer, you will join the Ads Engineering team to 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 within cloud environments while collaborating with cross-functional teams like Product Management and SRE. The role focuses on solving complex problems in distributed systems, large-scale data infrastructure, LLMs, and Generative AI to support rapid growth with minimal operational overhead. You will utilize Java, C++, or equivalent OOP languages alongside technologies such as Kafka, Spark, and Flink. Your work involves managing relational and non-relational datastores while navigating cloud paradigms like AWS or GCP. The core mission is building privacy-preserving, scalable infrastructure to handle real-time demand for ads and sponsorships across various services.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214000 from 783 postings across 68 companies.

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Skills

Java C++ micro services Distributed Systems Kafka Spark Flink AWS GCP LLMs Generative AI Data Processing

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 and implement performant services built to support rapid growth with minimal operational overhead.
Develop distributed backend systems capable of handling massive real-time demand and global scale.
Build data-driven platforms using relational and non-relational datastores.
Utilize data processing technologies like Kafka, Spark, or Flink to manage large-scale data infrastructure.
Integrate LLMs and Generative AI into existing advertising technology and systems.

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, relational/non-relational datastores, and data processing technologies like Kafka, Spark, or Flink.
Ability to lead cross-functional teams and experience in the advertising industry (preferred).

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