The Apple Services Engineering (ASE) team is looking to solve the problem of ensuring the reliability and performance of Apple's services, including Apple TV, App Store, Apple Music, and more, by building and operating large-scale observability platforms.
Requirements
- Experience building and scaling high-performance backend services and APIs (e.g., GraphQL, REST, gRPC).
- Experience designing and building large-scale data pipelines for batch or stream processing using frameworks like Apache Spark or Apache Flink.
- Proficiency in designing and building cloud-native, distributed systems, with experience in microservices, container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), and event-driven patterns (e.g., Kafka).
- Strong fundamentals in data systems, with experience using both relational and NoSQL databases.
- Experience with modern observability practices and tooling (e.g., Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus), with a talent for diagnosing and troubleshooting complex issues in large-scale systems.
- A strong understanding of security fundamentals and a commitment to building secure, resilient software.
- Proficiency in JVM languages (Java, Scala, Kotlin) but value polyglot engineers with experience in Go, Python, or Swift.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the design, development, and scaling of critical backend services and real-time data pipelines that process petabytes of data from across Apple's cloud infrastructure.
- Help build the definitive tools and interfaces that Apple engineers will use to ensure their services are reliable.
- Collaborate closely with teams across Apple services (Music, Video, Games, etc.) to understand their needs and provide observability for new and expanding lines of business.
- Tackle complex challenges, learn to navigate ambiguity, and work with the team to deliver real impact.
- Learn from and mentor other engineers, fostering a team culture of psychological safety, collaboration, and continuous growth.
- As you grow in your career, you will have opportunities to guide technology choices, influence complex architectures, and take on broader challenges.
- Uphold the integrity of the Apple experience by ensuring that the code you write and the systems you build provide a seamless and reliable experience for customers.
Other
- A passion for mentoring other engineers and fostering a team culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
- A passion for product excellence and for deeply understanding customer needs to build better solutions.
- A track record of building and delivering exceptional software.
- A commitment to building high-quality software and owning it from start to finish, demonstrated through practices like thorough testing, effective CI/CD, and performance tuning.
- A commitment to inclusion and diversity, with Apple being an equal opportunity employer that seeks 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.
