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Senior Backend Engineer, Apple News

Apple· Software and Services
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Cupertino, California$184.7k - $324.8kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Senior backend engineer role within the InfoApps org to design, build, and operate distributed backend services and event-driven pipelines for Apple News and related apps, driving architecture decisions, data modeling, and production reliability at massive scale.

Responsibilities

  • Design, Build and enhance highly-scalable backend services and data pipelines powering Apple News and related apps capable of serving thousands of requests-per-second
  • Lead assigned projects end to end and deliver high-quality results on schedule
  • Collaborate closely with a cross-functional team of engineers throughout the entire product lifecycle
  • Develop event-driven architectures and messaging pipelines to support real-time data flows
  • Lead and contribute technical decisions around NoSQL datastores, search infrastructure, and service design
  • Utilize CI/CD tooling and version control systems to maintain code quality and deployment reliability

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or similar technical discipline (or equivalent relevant experience)
  • 5-10 years of demonstrated experience in shipping scalable, maintainable, and testable backend systems
  • Strong background in Java and Spring for backend service development
  • Demonstrated ability to design and build high-scale, distributed backend services with event-driven architectures and pipelines (e.g., Kafka)
  • Solid experience with data stores, including data modeling and schema design for production systems
  • Track record of strong problem-solving abilities in complex technical environments
  • Effective use of AI-assisted development tools to speed up design, coding, and testing with high quality
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills in a team-oriented environment
  • Proven experience as the technical lead for a team of engineers - setting architecture and direction, mentoring others, and raising the bar for engineering quality
  • Hands-on experience with distributed NoSQL databases, especially Apache Cassandra, including query-driven data modeling, partitioning, and performance tuning
  • Experience in search technologies such as Apache Solr
  • Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins) and build tools (e.g., Gradle, Bazel)

Skills

Required:JavaSpringEvent-driven architectureNoSQL databasesData modelingCI/CD
Nice to have:Search technologiesLeadershipAI-assisted development

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • discounted products and free services
  • reimbursement for certain educational expenses including tuition
  • discretionary bonuses or commission payments and relocation may be eligible
  • Apple shareholder opportunities through stock programs
Last updated Oct 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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