Backend Java Engineer - Scalable, High-Volume Services

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Apple employee stock programs

Relocation assistance

Education reimbursement

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California, is seeking a back-end Java software engineer on the ASE Commerce Developer Services team. You will help power App Store, Apple Music, and Apple TV+ with scalable, secure services for billions of transactions daily.

You’ll design RESTful APIs, microservices, and data pipelines, collaborating across iPhone, Mac and Web. The role emphasizes performance, reliability, and customer experience in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software engineering experience building and maintaining critical systems at scale.
• BS degree, preferably in Computer Science or related experience.
• Strong debugging and analytical skills.
• Ability to own direction and navigate ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable systems end-to-end, including RESTful APIs, microservices, databases, tests, tooling, and monitoring.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to architect solutions and own a broad domain.
• Triage and debug customer and developer issues and translate complex requirements into actionable fixes.
• Mentor teammates to build a cohesive engineering team.
• Add integrations and scale data flows to support new features and architectures.
• Drive projects from inception to production with focus on performance and user experience.

Skills

Java programming

Analytical problem solving

Ownership & initiative

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Load balancing

Autoscaling

Traffic shaping

Distributed systems debugging

Incident response

Observability tooling

Automated testing

SQL databases

NoSQL databases

RESTful web services

Job description

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California, is seeking a back-end Java software engineer on the ASE Commerce Developer Services team. You will help power App Store, Apple Music, and Apple TV+ with scalable, secure services for billions of transactions daily.

You’ll design RESTful APIs, microservices, and data pipelines, collaborating across iPhone, Mac and Web. The role emphasizes performance, reliability, and customer experience in a fast-paced environment.