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Software Development Engineer - Data

Apple· Software and Services
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Cupertino, CA$184.7k - $324.8kfull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Seeking experienced software engineers to build and scale distributed stateful streaming data infrastructure. Focus on improving Apple’s internal data platform, contributing to open source, and collaborating across teams to automate operations and optimize cloud-based services.

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 cloud-based services to scale effectively under increasing loads while maintaining high performance.
  • Innovate on API development and integration to enable seamless communication between applications and services.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of professional experience.
  • Track record or demonstrated aptitude as an engineer who has worked on distributed systems.
  • Poweruser (at least 2 years) of Apache Flink or Committer to Apache Flink.
  • BS or MS degree in computer science or equivalent professional experience.
  • Good knowledge of Apache Iceberg and Apache Kafka.
  • Experience building or working on connectors from Flink to data sources.
  • Knowledge of Yarn, Kubernetes or other compute substrate.

Skills

Required:Distributed systemsApache FlinkApache IcebergApache Kafka
Nice to have:Yarn / KubernetesAPI Development

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Discounted products and free services
  • Educational expense reimbursement including tuition
  • Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
  • Relocation assistance
  • Apple shareholder opportunities via stock programs
Last updated Aug 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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