Senior Software Engineer, SDLC Analytics

Apple Inc

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On-site
Location
San Diego, CA
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$142,300–$214,300 / yr
Posted
88 days ago
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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, SDLC Analytics

The Senior Software Engineer, SDLC Analytics joins the Software Development Life Cycle team to architect and engineer a comprehensive telemetry and analytics platform. This role involves building data-intensive systems that provide deep telemetry across the entire development pipeline, including source control, build systems, and deployment orchestration. You will design unified schemas, engineer scalable data pipelines, and implement database solutions for time-series storage and dimensional modeling. Key responsibilities include managing event ingestion via Kafka, developing analytics for DORA metrics, and ensuring production-quality reliability. The position requires proficiency in Java, SQL, and pipeline orchestration frameworks like Airflow or Spark. You will solve the problem of fragmented data by correlating events into a coherent picture of engineering effectiveness to identify bottlenecks and improve development workflows.

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What you'll do

  • Engineer unified schemas and data models representing SDLC entities across multiple platforms.
  • Design and build reliable data pipelines to ingest events from source control, build systems, and deployment services.
  • Architect scalable database solutions for time-series storage, dimensional modeling, and historical analysis.
  • Implement real-time streaming and API-based data access patterns using Kafka and other technologies.
  • Develop analytics capabilities to measure engineering effectiveness through DORA metrics.
  • Build custom analytics tools and visualizations to identify bottlenecks and improve development workflows.
  • Maintain production-grade infrastructure including versioning, testing, CI/CD, and operational runbooks.

What we're looking for

  • Minimum 4 years of relevant industry experience.
  • Strong software engineering foundation with experience building and operating production data systems.
  • Proven track record of designing, shipping, and maintaining data-intensive products end-to-end.
  • Deep expertise in data modeling, including time-series and dimensional modeling approaches.
  • Hands-on experience with event streaming platforms like Kafka and pipeline orchestration frameworks like Airflow or Spark.
  • Proficiency in Java and strong SQL skills for data modeling and pipeline development.
  • Solid understanding of database technologies for both operational and analytical workloads.
  • BS in Computer Science, Computer Science, or a related technical field.

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