Senior Platform Software Engineer, AI & Data Platforms

Apple Inc

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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 Platform Software Engineer, AI & Data Platforms

The Sr. Platform Software Engineer, AI & Data Platforms (AiDP) joins a team developing the automation layer for Apple’s relational database platform. This role focuses on building secure, API-driven microservices to manage the full lifecycle of PostgreSQL databases, including provisioning, scaling, patching, and decommissioning. You will design tools for performance tuning, integrate AI/ML capabilities for intelligent configuration, and develop self-healing mechanisms for deep observability. Key responsibilities include maintaining CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and canary rollouts. The role requires proficiency in Python, Java, Kotlin, or C/C++ and experience with relational databases and cloud APIs. You will solve complex infrastructure problems by ensuring reliability and durability for high-visibility services across manufacturing, AIML, and other critical internal workloads.

What does a Platform Software Engineer earn?

Median $169550 from 119 postings across 6 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and build tools to automate database management tasks and performance tuning.
  • Integrate AI/ML capabilities into configuration recommendations and workload-aware scheduling.
  • Develop secure, versioned microservices that expose database lifecycle operations as APIs.
  • Integrate database management automation into CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and canary rollouts.
  • Build monitoring, alerting, and health-check systems to provide deep visibility into database health.
  • Create self-healing mechanisms to detect and remediate known failure patterns automatically.
  • Manage the full lifecycle of PostgreSQL database clusters including provisioning, scaling, and patching.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of software development experience.
  • Experience building highly available software services or platform infrastructure.
  • Experience designing, building, and maintaining API-driven micro services.
  • Proficiency in Python or Java, Kotlin, or C/C++.
  • Bachelor's in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or equivalent work experience.
  • Experience building and interacting with Cloud APIs such as AWS or GCP (preferred).
  • Experience working with relational databases and a good understanding of PostgreSQL internals (preferred).
  • Experience supporting PaaS or DBaaS at scale (preferred).

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