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Principal Software Engineer - Apple Data Platform

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Hybrid (Shanghai)Full-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Lead the architecture, design, and operation of Apple Data Platform in China. Greenfield opportunity to build and operate regional data, analytics, and AI platform capabilities, ensuring regulatory compliance, data residency, reliability, and security while aligning with the global Apple Data Platform.

Responsibilities

  • Own the design, build, deployment, and operation of core components of the Apple Data Platform in China.
  • Set the technical design and architecture of platform services, and shape the global Apple Data Platform architecture they align to.
  • Partner closely with engineering teams across the United States and China to deliver new platform capabilities and maintain feature parity with the global platform.
  • Set the bar for reliability, scalability, security, and operational excellence across platform services and infrastructure.
  • Define and develop infrastructure automation, deployment tooling, and operational workflows that simplify platform management and improve engineering productivity.
  • Resolve the hardest distributed systems problems across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, networking, storage, and data platform services.
  • Drive improvements in observability, monitoring, incident response, automation, and operational efficiency.
  • Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, security, product, and SRE teams across Apple to deliver a seamless platform experience.
  • Own multi-year technical strategy and architectural direction, and establish the engineering standards and best practices for the growing China engineering organization.
  • Grow senior and staff engineers through architecture reviews, code reviews, design discussions, and day-to-day technical leadership.

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or platform technologies in production environments.
  • Track record of owning architecture and delivering complex infrastructure or platform initiatives across multiple engineering organizations.
  • Expert-level software engineering experience in Java, Go, Scala, Python, C++, or similar programming languages.
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, Kubernetes, container orchestration, networking, and modern infrastructure platforms.
  • Proven history of building and operating highly available, scalable, secure, and observable production systems at scale.
  • Experience designing automation for deployment, infrastructure management, and operational excellence.
  • Exceptional debugging and problem-solving skills in complex production environments.
  • Experience setting technical direction across software engineering, infrastructure, SRE, security, and product organizations.
  • Excellent communication skills and a record of influencing technical direction across globally distributed engineering organizations.
  • BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Skills

Required:Distributed systemsCloud-native architecturesKubernetesProgramming languages (Java, Go, Scala, Python, C++)regulations and data residency

Benefits

  • Apple is an equal opportunity employer and commitment to inclusion and diversity.
  • Accessibility support and reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities.
  • Learn about accessibility in Apple’s workplace.
Last updated Aug 28, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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