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Senior Software Engineer, G&A Solutions Engineering (GSE)

Apple· G&A Solutions Engineering (GSE) within IS&T
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Hybrid (San Francisco Bay Area)$150.4k - $277.6kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Senior Backend Engineer role focused on Java micro-services, event-driven systems, and domain-driven design to support Apple’s G&A functions (people, finance, facilities, legal, security) with high concurrency, data integrity, and scale.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the end-to-end design and coding of modular, domain-driven microservices using Java, Spring Boot, and cloud-native technologies.
  • Build and scale distributed event streams and micro-services handling complex, high-concurrency enterprise workloads.
  • Design APIs with strong contracts and clear versioning — so that dozens of consuming teams can build confidently without coordination overhead
  • Ensure absolute data integrity, consistency, and privacy across high-stakes domains.
  • Conduct rigorous code reviews, establish testing strategies, and guide junior and mid-level engineers in building robust solutions.
  • Troubleshoot complex distributed systems issues and optimize high-volume batch and real-time processing pipelines.
  • Define and uphold system reliability: SLOs, observability, incident response, and zero-downtime deployments
  • Mentor and elevate other engineers — so that the team’s technical capacity grows beyond any one person’s contribution

Qualifications

  • B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional work experience.
  • 5+ years proven experience developing software in a professional capacity. Longer experience preferred.
  • 2+ years proven experience with Java, including proficiency in concurrency, memory management, and performance optimization techniques.
  • Proficiency in OOP principles, data structures, algorithms, and software design patterns (e.g. GoF), with a proven focus on implementing testable, maintainable, and extensible backend code.
  • Java Ecosystem experience building production applications with the Spring ecosystem (e.g. Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security, Spring Data, Spring Cloud, etc.), including proficiency in dependency injection, auto-configuration, reactive programming with WebFlux, and designing microservices using Spring-based patterns.
  • Distributed Systems & Architecture experience designing, implementing, and shipping high-scale, high-performance, highly available, fault-tolerant, and secure cloud-based distributed systems.
  • Distributed Systems & Architecture experience in API design and implementation, including proficiency in RESTful API principles, gRPC, GraphQL, contract-first design (e.g. OpenAPI/Swagger, Protobuf, etc.), API versioning strategies, gateway patterns, rate limiting, and designing APIs for backward compatibility and long-term evolution.
  • Data Engineering experience with distributed data orchestration & computing systems (e.g. Airflow, Spark, Flink, etc.), including designing and managing complex data workflows, batch and real-time stream processing pipelines, and ensuring data pipeline reliability and fault tolerance at scale.
  • Track record of leading software projects within a team as a tech lead (TL), while mentoring software engineers.
  • Hands-on experience leveraging GenAI coding tools (e.g., Claude, Copilot, Codex) to accelerate the software development lifecycle, enhance code quality, and streamline debugging and testing processes.
  • AI/ML experience designing and operating ML infrastructure and MLOps pipelines, including model serving and inference systems, feature stores, model registries, A/B testing frameworks, and automated model retraining and deployment workflows.
  • AI/ML experience with Natural Language Processing and Generative AI systems, including Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures, embedding pipelines, vector databases (e.g. Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector, etc.), fine-tuning, and prompt engineering for production applications.
  • Distributed Systems & Architecture experience with message-driven and event-driven architectures, including proficiency in messaging systems (e.g. Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, etc.), event sourcing, CQRS patterns, and designing reliable asynchronous communication between distributed services.
  • Distributed Systems & Architecture experience with caching strategies and in-memory data technologies (e.g. Redis, Memcached, Hazelcast, Ehcache, etc.), including proficiency in cache invalidation patterns, distributed caching architectures, and session management for high-throughput applications.

Skills

Required:JavaSpring FrameworkMicroservices architectureDistributed systemsAPI designDomain-driven designCode reviews and testing strategyMentorship
Nice to have:Data engineering

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • range of discounted products and free services
  • reimbursement for certain educational expenses including tuition
  • discretionary bonuses or commission payments (eligibility varies)
  • relocation (if applicable)
  • employee stock programs (RSUs, Employee Stock Purchase Plan)
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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