Distributed Payments Systems Engineer (Java/Kotlin, JVM)

Apple; Cork; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple IS&T is seeking a software engineer to design, build, and deliver core financial capabilities for Apple’s global payments ecosystem. You will contribute to highly scalable, distributed systems that handle complex financial processing across devices and services.

You will propose architectural solutions, implement robust features, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure reliability, security, and performance at scale.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, implementing & supporting highly scalable systems and services in Java, Kotlin and/or other JVM-based languages.
• Sound understanding of Financial Engineering and how payments/commerce transactions are processed through systems to reflect their Accounting and Financial impact.
• At least 2 years experience with different data store technologies (SQL, NoSQL).
• Understand engineering concerns like reliability, scale, availability, accuracy for Payments.

Responsibilities

• Envision, design, develop, and deliver components of a well integrated, distributed system that becomes the core financial capabilities for Apple.
• Write engineering proposals to solve complex problems, explain to stakeholders, and iterate based on feedback.
• Lead the journey from proposals to product features that drive value for Apple and its customers.

Skills

Java/Kotlin

JVM languages

Financial engineering

Payments processing

SQL/NoSQL

Distributed systems

Reliability/scale

Tools

Postgres

DynamoDB

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS/GCP

Job description

Apple IS&T is seeking a software engineer to design, build, and deliver core financial capabilities for Apple’s global payments ecosystem. You will contribute to highly scalable, distributed systems that handle complex financial processing across devices and services.

You will propose architectural solutions, implement robust features, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure reliability, security, and performance at scale.