Senior Software Engineer, Family Services

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Diego, CA
Salary
$175,000–$308,500 / yr
Posted
28 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $188k
This role $242k
$109k most similar roles pay here $330k

This role pays more than 90% of similar roles. Most pay $161,965–$214,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $242k versus about $188k 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.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Family Services

As a Senior Software Engineer - Family Services- iCloud, you will join the Family Services team to serve as a technical leader designing and building the foundational infrastructure that powers family features across iOS, macOS, visionOS, watchOS, and tvOS. You will be responsible for creating robust, reusable frameworks and systems to manage complex state management, entitlement propagation, and lifecycle transitions such as invitations and member changes. The role requires you to move from high-level system design to hands-on implementation while crafting scalable service architectures. Key requirements include expertise in object-oriented design, distributed systems fundamentals—including consistency models, concurrency, and fault tolerance—and a focus on reliability and performance monitoring. You will solve complex technical problems by building enduring abstractions that enable multiple teams to develop consistent family experiences across the entire product ecosystem.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and build the core infrastructure powering family features across iOS, macOS, visionOS, watchOS, and tvOS.
  • Develop robust, reusable frameworks that manage complex state management and entitlement propagation for millions of users.
  • Architect systems to handle intricate lifecycle scenarios such as invitations, member changes, and age transitions.
  • Define the technical direction and make critical architectural decisions for the family ecosystem at scale.
  • Create high-level abstractions and generic solutions rather than one-off features to support multiple use cases.
  • Implement mission-critical infrastructure with a focus on reliability, performance monitoring, and distributed systems fundamentals.
  • Translate high-level system designs into hands-on code while ensuring technical elegance and correctness.

What we're looking for

  • Computer Science degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • Strong programming skills with object-oriented design expertise and a track record of building production software.
  • Demonstrated technical leadership with the ability to influence technical direction and drive improvements.
  • Solid understanding of distributed systems fundamentals and experience crafting scalable service architectures.
  • Systems thinking ability to architect solutions that balance long-term vision with practical constraints.
  • Expert-level understanding of consistency models, concurrency, fault tolerance, and large-scale system design (preferred).
  • Consistent record of building services adopted by multiple teams across organizational boundaries (preferred).
  • Experience building and operating mission-critical infrastructure at scale with a focus on reliability and performance monitoring (preferred).

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