Sr. Software Engineer, Services Engineering - Analytics

Apple's Analytics Engineering team builds the platforms that empower millions of developers and content creators to understand and grow their businesses on Apple's platforms. We also power the internal analytics that help Apple's business teams make critical decisions. We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team and help shape the next generation of analytics experiences at Apple

Description

You'll work on our semantic layer platform, the connective tissue between business metrics and the databases that power them. This is the foundation that enables developers, content creators, and internal teams to explore data, uncover insights, and make informed decisions. In this role, you will design and build core systems that translate business metrics into optimized queries across diverse database types. You'll shape developer experience through client libraries and interfaces while evolving our semantic layer to enable AI-driven analytics capabilities. If you're excited by the idea of building systems that make data accessible, trustworthy, and fast at Apple scale, this is your opportunity.","responsibilities":"- Define and evolve the semantic layer that translates business metrics into optimized queries across diverse databases

- Evolve the platform to power AI-driven features including natural language interfaces and intelligent query generation

- Architect and implement high-throughput services that deliver consistent, reliable metrics across the organization

Optimize performance, connection pooling, and caching strategies across multiple database engines

Develop and maintain client libraries that drive platform adoption across engineering teams

Design and build APIs that enable self-service analytics at scale

Improve developer-facing interfaces and tooling for dataset management and metrics exploration

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into robust, scalable solutions

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with semantic layers, metrics frameworks, or business intelligence tooling

Front-end web development experience, particularly with modern JavaScript frameworks

Experience building and publishing client libraries in Java

Familiarity with observability practices including distributed tracing and metrics collection

Understanding of security patterns including authentication, authorization, and query sanitization

Adeptness in using AI coding agents to accelerate development workflows

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, or related field

5+ years of software engineering experience with significant backend development exposure

Expert-level proficiency in Go, with deep understanding of concurrency patterns and performance optimization

Experience building and operating high-throughput services handling thousands of requests per second

Strong SQL skills and experience working with analytical databases and data warehouses such as Snowflake and StarRocks

Skilled in building APIs, with preference for experience in gRPC and REST

Solid understanding of distributed system design including connection pooling, caching, and rate limiting

Strong grasp of data structures and algorithms

Effective communication skills and experience in Agile work environments

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