Backend Architect - AML AI & Data Platforms

Apple Inc.; Sunnyvale, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Employee stock plans / stock purchase

Tuition reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Software Engineer to design, develop, and operate high-throughput distributed backend services for Apple’s AML platform across multiple business lines. The role emphasizes AI-driven development and cloud-native platforms.

The engineer will contribute to China PIPL compliance, leverage Kubernetes, OpenSearch/Solr, Kafka, and integrate AWS to Alibaba Cloud, aligning with Apple’s fraud prevention efforts and production reliability.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software engineering experience building large-scale backend systems.
• Strong Java development experience with modern JDK versions.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, scalability, and fault-tolerant architectures.
• Hands-on experience with OpenSearch
• Experience building cloud-native applications on Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable backend services using Java and distributed system principles.
• Build and maintain high-throughput APIs, batch processing pipelines, and Mass Action services for fraud operations and NPI events.
• Develop new platform capabilities for ACM Next Gen, Sky Vault, and AML Services.
• Lead the engineering work required for China PIPL compliance, including building ACM infrastructure on Alibaba Cloud.
• Support Kubernetes, OpenSearch, Solr, Kafka, and other platform components.
• Migrate AWS-based services to Alibaba Cloud services including OSS, ACK, and ApsaraMQ.
• Replace AWS SDKs with Alibaba Cloud SDKs.
• Implement China-specific data routing and ingestion logic.
• Update deployment automation, CI/CD pipelines, and load testing for the Alibaba Cloud environment.
• Design reliable, scalable, and observable distributed systems with strong operational excellence.
• Partner with Product, Architecture, and partner engineering teams to define technical solutions and platform direction.
• Use AI tools and modern engineering practices to improve development productivity, code quality, automation, and platform innovation.
• Participate in production support, debugging, performance tuning, and operational improvements.

Skills

Java development

Distributed systems

Kubernetes

OpenSearch

Kafka

Cloud platforms

Cassandra

Tools

OpenSearch

Solr

Kafka

Elasticsearch

Job description

Apple Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Software Engineer to design, develop, and operate high-throughput distributed backend services for Apple’s AML platform across multiple business lines. The role emphasizes AI-driven development and cloud-native platforms.

The engineer will contribute to China PIPL compliance, leverage Kubernetes, OpenSearch/Solr, Kafka, and integrate AWS to Alibaba Cloud, aligning with Apple’s fraud prevention efforts and production reliability.