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Senior Software Engineer - Solution Architecture & Platform, ASE

Yesterday Cupertino, CA

Apple Services Engineering (ASE)'s Solutions Architecture & Platform team is looking for technically expert Software Engineer to design, develop, enhance, test, and support software and software engineering of its platforms. Our platforms power secure and reliable processing of metadata and business operations of Apple's internal services at scale, including Apple's Digital Content to enable the availability of content to the store front, reporting, and software development of internal applications and tooling. A key focus of this role would be to develop software for a stream processing platform within a data mesh architecture, while collaborating with the engineers on the team and engineering teams across ASE. The scale and scope are complex and require someone who has passion for solving difficult problems, conducts technical due diligence, and looks at the big picture when solving them.

Description

As a Senior Software Engineer you will be responsible for designing and building critical platforms, services and tools that enable engineers across Apple to build secure and scalable services. This is a highly technical and collaborative role where you will work with engineering teams across ASE to understand the needs of stakeholders, align on goals, design and deliver high quality software that meets Apple's standard and scale.","responsibilities":"Your daily activities will include understanding requirements, designing solutions, coding, testing, and integrating our services to provide a great user experience. You will also be expected to participate in prototyping, mentoring, design / code reviews, and incident analysis. As a senior engineer, you will apply your expertise to prioritize critical features and deliver quality solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience using Splunk, OpenTelemetry

Experience with Cloud Computing platforms (particularly AWS, k8s) is a plus.

Security (AuthZ/AuthN, mTLS, HTTPS)

CDN knowledge

Minimum Qualifications

10+ Years of experience in Software Engineering including:

Strong coding experience in Java, Python

Extensive experience in building distributed stateful micro services systems using RPC and Event Driven methodology.

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Familiarity with Domain Driven Design approach.

Deep experience in API design, service oriented architecture (SOA), large scale distributed systems and asynchronous patterns with data guarantees.

Experience in developing fault tolerant systems in multi-DC environments

Strong knowledge of open-source stream and batch processing platforms, such as Spark, Flink, Kafka; and data formats - Avro, Protobuf

Experience working with Data Lakehouse technologies (e.g. Apache Iceberg)

Experience with large dataset storage solutions (HDFS, S3)

Experience with RPC protocols (REST, gRPC)

Excellent written and oral communication skills are a must

Strong knowledge of SQL and NOSQL data-stores

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant .

Client-provided location(s): Cupertino, CA
Job ID: apple-200618378-0836_rxr-658
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2025-11-10T19:05:25

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Parental Benefits

      • Work Flexibility

        • Office Life and Perks

          • Vacation and Time Off

            • Financial and Retirement

              • Professional Development

                • Diversity and Inclusion

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