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Sr. Software Engineer, Enterprise Technology Services

Apple· Corporate Functions
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Sunnyvale, CA$184.7k - $277.6kFull-timePosted 3d ago

About the role

Senior software engineer role in Apple’s Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) within IS&T. Responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining highly scalable distributed platforms that handle petabytes of data and millions of transactions per hour, with emphasis on data workflows, integration, and secure, high-availability systems.

Responsibilities

  • Architect, design, and roll out new features across a modular Java platform.
  • Design and develop scalable services around data and integration workflows.
  • Evaluate products and emerging technologies and adopt them into projects.
  • Operate and maintain the existing production platform.
  • Set technical standards, review designs/code, and mentor other engineers.

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).
  • Experience designing, implementing, and shipping high-scale, high-performance, highly available, fault-tolerant, and secure cloud-based distributed systems.
  • Experience with message-driven and event-driven architectures, including proficiency in messaging systems (e.g. Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ).
  • Experience with caching strategies and in-memory data technologies (e.g. Redis, Memcached, Hazelcast).
  • Experience using relational and NoSQL databases (Oracle, Postgres, MySQL, Cassandra, MongoDB).
  • Track record of leading software projects within a team as a tech lead, mentoring engineers.
  • Hands-on experience leveraging GenAI coding tools (e.g., Claude, Copilot, Codex).
  • Experience with search and indexing technologies (e.g. Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Solr).
  • Experience with data lake/lakehouse architectures (e.g., Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, Apache Hudi) and cloud object storage.
  • Experience in API design and implementation (REST, gRPC, GraphQL, OpenAPI/Swagger, Protobuf).

Skills

Required:JavaOO Principles / Design PatternsMessaging systemsDistributed systemsCaching / in-memory data storesRelational / NoSQL databasesAPI design (REST, gRPC, GraphQL)
Nice to have:Search / indexing technologies

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • discounted products and free services
  • education reimbursement including tuition
  • discretionary bonuses or commission payments and relocation potential
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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