Software Engineer, Apple Streaming Platform and Solutions

What you'll do

• Design, build, and deploy high-performance, fault-tolerant distributed systems for large-scale data movement.
• Develop and operate real-time data streaming and large-scale data processing platforms.
• Optimize cross-datacenter replication to minimize latency for global user data.
• Automate existing systems and integrate them into a centralized cloud platform.
• Build operational tooling for observability, monitoring, and multi-region deployment.
• Translate complex business needs into clear, actionable technical specifications.
• Conduct independent research and proof-of-concept projects to evaluate emerging technologies.
• Lead technical design reviews to set architectural standards and best practices.

What we're looking for

• 1-5 years of professional experience in server-side Java development with a strong understanding of concurrency, memory management, and performance.
• Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems.
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, fault tolerance, and system performance.
• Experience with RESTful API design and service-oriented architectures.
• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with distributed data systems such as Cassandra, Redis, Kafka, or similar platforms (preferred).
• Experience with Apache Kafka, including broker internals, producers/consumers, and ecosystem tooling (preferred).
• Experience with multi-datacenter deployments, replication strategies, and consistency models (preferred).