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Staff / Principal Software Engineer (Spark, Kafka, Iceberg), Apple Data Platform

Apple

$171,600 - $302,200
Oct 5, 2025
Seattle, WA, US
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Apple is seeking to advance its data infrastructure and drive innovation by implementing cutting-edge capabilities and tools to power Apple Services Engineering, specifically in the area of scalable streaming processing systems.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of professional experience professional experience with distributed systems.
  • Experienced Poweruser (at least 2 years of running production applications) of Apache Spark or Committer to Apache Spark.
  • Good knowledge of Apache Iceberg and Apache Kafka.
  • Experience working on or building connectors from Spark to any of the data sources.
  • Knowledge of Yarn, Kubernetes or other compute substrate.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and deploy new features of Apple’s internal data platform.
  • Regularly contribute to open source.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement automation tools that streamline operations and reduce manual intervention.
  • Optimize our cloud-based services to ensure they scale effectively, handling increasing loads while maintaining high performance.
  • Innovate on API development and integration, enabling seamless communication between our applications and services

Other

  • BS or MS degree in computer science or equivalent
  • 8+ years of professional experience
  • A successful track-record or demonstrated aptitude as an engineer who has worked on distributed systems.
  • Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams
  • Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.