Senior Software Engineer, Platform Apps & Technologies

Apple Inc

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

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $172k
This role $214k
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This role pays more than 86% of similar roles. Most pay $151,000–$192,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $214k versus about $172k 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.

Listed pay typically runs $175,000–$277,600 across 1590 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Platform Apps & Technologies

As a Senior Software Engineer - Platform Apps & Technologies, you will join a specialized team building the infrastructure that enables engineers to interact with AI agents. You will own and grow the backend service powering the marketplace and plugin ecosystem, which allows internal developers to discover, install, and trust various tools and extensions. Your daily work involves designing schemas for growing catalogs, managing content hosting pipelines, and implementing authentication and supply-chain checks to secure the platform. You will navigate complex problems regarding agent distribution while ensuring high availability and reliability across production systems. The role requires expertise in data-centric systems, distributed systems, cloud services, and applied machine learning or data engineering. You will build critical components including registries, APIs, and databases that support the tools and infrastructure used by internal developers to manage AI models.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Own and grow the backend service powering the marketplace and plugin ecosystem.
  • Design schemas for a growing catalog of plugins, servers, and endorsements.
  • Manage content hosting and pipelines that ingest plugin source code.
  • Implement authentication and supply-chain checks to secure the plugin marketplace.
  • Optimize database and caching strategies to ensure high availability and scalability.
  • Develop and harden CLI tools used by thousands of internal engineers.
  • Design trust models and sandboxing for AI agent extensions.
  • Manage the integration of new models across various serving harnesses.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of industry experience as a Software Engineer working on deploying large-scale systems.
  • Strong understanding of data centric systems, distributed systems, reliability, and cloud services.
  • Hands-on experience in designing and coding large scale systems.
  • Proven experience with applied machine learning, data engineering, or similar fields.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent related experience.
  • Preferred experience with developer tools or developer productivity systems.
  • Preferred experience with open source or inner source projects.
  • Master's degree in Computer Science or related field is preferred.

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