Full Stack Engineer, Employee Engagement Engineering

Lex; Cork; On-site; EUR 107,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking a Full Stack Software Engineer for its Information Systems and Technology organization. You will work on web applications with Python, Java, and Rust backends and modern frontends using React or Vue.

You’ll own complex problems across the stack and help shape architecture and tooling for AI interoperability. You’ll operate with substantial autonomy, drive reliability, and mentor teams while collaborating with product managers to align roadmaps.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Python/Java backend development and API design.
• Frontend experience with TypeScript and React or Vue.
• Strong relational and non-relational database design knowledge.
• Experience with containerization and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Guide the technical direction and implementation of features spanning microservices (Python, Java, Rust) and frontend interfaces (React, Vue).
• Design scalable APIs and data models powering AI and MCP servers.
• Drive features end-to-end from concept through deployment and operations.
• Mentor colleagues and raise engineering quality across frontend and backend disciplines.
• Contribute to cross-organization initiatives and partner with product teams.

Skills

Python/Java backend

Typescript frontend

React or Vue

APIs & data models

Kubernetes / containers

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science

Job description

Summary

Do you want to help build some of the largest and most consequential enterprise and customer technology systems in the world? Join Apple’s Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) organization. IS&T is the engine behind everything Apple does for customers and for the people who build for them. It’s Apple’s central nervous system. Supporting 2.5 billion active Apple devices, processing billions of secure transactions, and keeping the technology that defines modern life running flawlessly, IS&T makes the impossible feel effortless.Do you love building solutions to handle global complexity and immense scale? Imagine what you could do here. Within this team is Employee Engagement & Engineering, a small, global team that quickly delivers with long-term vision, building durable, reliable systems meant to last. Our focus is on crafting high-quality, user-centred experiences — delivering AI and system interoperability to make every interaction intuitive, seamless, and genuinely useful for the people who rely on our tools.

Description

As a Full Stack Software Engineer, you will be a key contributor to web applications powered by Python, Java, and Rust backends, with frontends spanning React, Vue, and server-rendered templates, guiding technical direction across the stack. You take ownership of complex, ambiguous problems across the frontend, API, and data layers — including internal Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers that power AI and system interoperability — and you drive technical decisions that shape how these pieces work together. You operate with significant autonomy on complex work, applying best practices and critical judgment with minimal guidance. You identify opportunities to improve reliability, developer experience, and user-facing quality, and you extend your impact across related teams and cross-organization initiatives. The team's size means your technical decisions have direct, outsized impact on the applications thousands of Apple employees use every day.

Responsibilities

• Guide the technical direction and implementation of complex features spanning microservices architecture (Python, Java, Rust) and frontend interfaces (React, Vue, or server-rendered templates).
• Design scalable APIs, data models, and service architectures — including internal MCP servers that expose tools and data to AI systems
• Drive features through their full lifecycle: from concept and design through deployment and operational excellence
• Apply and help raise engineering best practices across the full stack — frontend architecture, API design, testing strategies, and performance
• Identify technical risks and dependencies early; develop mitigation strategies and drive resolution
• Mentor and share knowledge with colleagues across both frontend and backend disciplines
• Contribute to cross-organization initiatives, expanding your impact beyond the immediate team
• Partner with product managers and stakeholders to inform roadmap priorities and technical direction
• Lead post-incident reviews and drive improvements in reliability and operational quality
• Evaluate and integrate AI services and capabilities — such as MCP-based tooling — to enhance the user experience
• Contribute to hiring: interview candidates, calibrate the technical bar across the stack

Minimum Qualifications

• Proficiency in Python/Java for backend microservice development, with strong API design skills
• Frontend experience with Typescript and a modern framework (React or Vue) and/or server-rendered templates
• Solid knowledge of database design — relational and non-relational
• Solid knowledge of containerization technologies and K8s

Preferred Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Experience building highly scalable services using Rust.
• Experience building and operating production web applications at scale
• Experience building MCP servers or other AI tooling and service integration
• Understanding of RAG architectures
• Experience with observability, monitoring, and site reliability practices
• Track record of driving engineering quality improvements across a team
• Experience working within enterprise or internal platform environments
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively across time zones

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Role Number: 200668786-1418