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Senior Software Engineering Lead, Wallet, Payments & Commerce (WPC)

Apple· Software and Services
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Cupertino, CA$216.2k - $324.8kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior engineering lead responsible for architecting, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems within Apple’s Wallet, Payments & Commerce (WPC) team. Role combines hands-on development, architectural direction, on-call operations, mentoring, and cross-team collaboration to deliver highly available REST/gRPC services and cloud-native applications at global scale.

Responsibilities

  • Architect, build, and maintain mission-critical distributed systems at large scale with resilience, failover, and self-healing as core design principles
  • Drive technical discussions and define engineering strategy across teams and disciplines
  • Write technical specifications and produce impactful documentation to drive consensus on complex concepts
  • Mentor peers and review code to uphold engineering excellence and continuous improvement
  • Design and operate high-volume REST and/or gRPC services, supporting both server-to-server and mobile client-facing use cases
  • Provide on-call support and actively contribute to monitoring and observability strategies for the software you build
  • Collaborate with global teams and external partners, communicating clearly and thoughtfully to influence technical direction
  • Lead complex projects end-to-end from conception through production deployment

Qualifications

  • Extensive experience architecting, building, and maintaining mission-critical distributed systems at large scale
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems fundamentals and trade-offs in consistency, latency, and throughput
  • A commitment to engineering excellence, continuous improvement, and the curiosity to evaluate and advocate for new technologies and patterns
  • Ability to communicate thoughtfully and clearly, both verbally and in writing, to drive consensus on complex technical concepts with diverse audiences, including global teams and external partners
  • A track record of building and sustaining healthy long-term relationships and technical influence within your team and beyond its boundaries
  • The tenacity and perseverance to lead complex projects all the way from conception to production
  • No formal degree is required; what matters most is your mindset, your initiative, and your demonstrated ability to apply advanced skills to real-world applications
  • Deep hands-on software development expertise with Java or Kotlin and Spring
  • Proven development and operational experience with high-volume REST and/or gRPC services, either server-to-server or mobile client facing
  • Strong experience designing for containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Significant experience architecting, building, and operating cloud-native (e.g., AWS) applications with resilience, failover, and self-healing as core features
  • Expertise in designing robust CI/CD pipelines and defining infrastructure as code
  • Extensive experience with observability strategies and tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Datadog)
  • Deep understanding of modern networking and experience using traffic tools for tracing and debugging

Skills

Required:Java or KotlinSpringHigh-volume REST and/or gRPC servicesContainerization and orchestrationCloud-native applications (AWS)CI/CD and infrastructure as codeObservability toolsNetworking and tracing

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Discounted products and free services
  • Tuition reimbursement for approved education-related expenses
  • Discretionary bonuses or commission payments (eligibility varies)
  • Relocation assistance (where applicable)
  • Employee stock purchase plan eligibility
  • Apple shareholder opportunities through discretionary stock programs
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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