Backend Engineer: Petabyte-Scale, Low-Latency Distributed Systems

Apple; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking a highly motivated software engineer for its IS&T Enterprise Technology Services group. The role focuses on designing and developing highly scalable, low-latency distributed systems capable of handling petabytes of data and millions of transactions per hour.

The candidate should have strong Java/J2EE experience, expertise with relational and NoSQL databases, and a track record of delivering robust platforms in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of Java/J2EE experience.
• 4 years building integration platforms.
• Experience with Oracle, PostgreSQL and SQL.
• Experience with Couchbase, Redis, MongoDB.
• Knowledge of Unix/Linux.
• Self-motivated with quick issue-grasping and sound judgment.
• Good leadership and project management skills.
• Strong oral and written communication, and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Architecture, Design and rollout of new features
• Design and Development of applications around data services
• Evaluating products, emerging technologies and use them into projects
• Responsibility includes operation and maintenance of the existing platform

Skills

Java/J2EE

Integration platforms

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Unix/Linux

Leadership

Communication

Cross-functional teams

Tools

REST/SOAP over HTTP

gRPC

Pekko

Apache open source

AliCloud

Python

Lua

Go

Job description

Apple is seeking a highly motivated software engineer for its IS&T Enterprise Technology Services group. The role focuses on designing and developing highly scalable, low-latency distributed systems capable of handling petabytes of data and millions of transactions per hour.

The candidate should have strong Java/J2EE experience, expertise with relational and NoSQL databases, and a track record of delivering robust platforms in a fast-paced environment.