Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Cupertino, CA
Salary: $150,400–$277,600 / yr
Posted: 29 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 · Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering

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Software Engineer - Apple Services Engineering joins the Universal Media Engineering team to develop the data platform and tools powering the Apple TV app. This role involves designing, building, and operating highly scalable backend services, internal platforms, RESTful APIs, and data pipelines while integrating modern AI technologies into engineering workflows and products. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve complex problems regarding scalability, latency, and quality for media content delivery. The position requires proficiency in Java along with other backend languages like Kotlin, Go, or Python. Key technical requirements include experience with distributed systems, containerized applications, CI/CD pipelines, and databases such as Cassandra, DynamoDB, or PostgreSQL. Additionally, the role focuses on building production-grade LLM applications using RAG, vector databases, and various foundation models to improve operational efficiency and automate business workflows within the media ecosystem.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.

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Skills

Java Kotlin Go Python LLM RAG Spring Boot Docker Kubernetes Kafka RabbitMQ Redis Elasticsearch Solr MySQL Cassandra DynamoDB CI/CD RESTful APIs

What you'll do

Design and build scalable backend services, internal platforms, and data pipelines.
Develop RESTful APIs and high-quality code to support Apple TV products.
Integrate Large Language Models (LLMs) into backend services and production applications.
Prototype and productize AI-powered capabilities for developer tools and business workflows.
Monitor production systems to troubleshoot issues and improve reliability and performance.
Champion the adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices across development teams.
Participate in architecture discussions to balance long-term strategy with practical delivery.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE or a related technical field, or equivalent industry experience.
5+ years of professional software engineering experience owning features from design through production support.
Experience designing and developing scalable, highly observable, and resilient backend services and RESTful APIs.
Strong proficiency in Java and at least one other backend language such as Kotlin, Go, or Python.
Solid understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, networking, and service-oriented architectures.
Experience with databases, data modeling, cloud-native development, containerized applications, and CI/CD pipelines.
Hands-on experience building production applications powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) including prompting and tool calling.
Experience with large-scale distributed systems, NoSQL/SQL databases, messaging systems, or advanced LLM techniques like RAG (preferred).

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