Backend Engineer - Real-Time Ads Platform

Apple Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. is looking for an experienced Ads backend engineer in Austin, Texas. You will build scalable backend systems for Apple Ad services, focusing on privacy-preserving, low-latency platforms that can handle high traffic and diverse use cases.

You will collaborate with Product, Data, SRE, and other teams to design resilient services and scalable architectures that support rapid growth in a privacy-conscious advertising environment.

Qualifications

• Experience building scalable microservices or data-driven platforms.
• Strong CS fundamentals.
• Proficiency in OOP (Java/C++ or equivalent).
• Experience with public cloud technologies.
• Experience with backend distributed systems.
• Familiarity with AWS or GCP.

Responsibilities

• Build the foundational pieces of the next generation of Apple Ad's systems.
• Implement low latency, highly-available, high volume internal and external facing services in a cloud environment.
• Design and implement performant services created with the right principles to support rapid growth with minimal operational overheads.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams including Product Management, Data, SRE, etc. to design and implement systems that can handle a variety of Ads use cases.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

Java/C++

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP)

Microservices

Data processing (Kafka, Spark, Flink)

Datastores (SQL/NoSQL)

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Job description

Apple Inc. is looking for an experienced Ads backend engineer in Austin, Texas. You will build scalable backend systems for Apple Ad services, focusing on privacy-preserving, low-latency platforms that can handle high traffic and diverse use cases.

You will collaborate with Product, Data, SRE, and other teams to design resilient services and scalable architectures that support rapid growth in a privacy-conscious advertising environment.