Lead Software Architect — Distributed Systems at Scale

Apple; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking an experienced senior engineer to design and operate large-scale, distributed software systems for Wallet, Payments & Commerce. You will lead architecture, drive technical direction, and mentor peers across global teams while delivering highly available services.

You will own from concept to production, shaping monitoring, deployments, and on-call response with a focus on reliability and scale in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience architecting, building, and maintaining distributed systems at scale.
• Strong communication skills to drive consensus across global teams and external partners.
• Proven ability to design and operate REST and/or gRPC services with high availability.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and maintain mission-critical distributed systems at large scale with resilience and self-healing as core design principles.
• Drive technical discussions and define engineering strategy across teams and disciplines.
• Write technical specifications and documentation to align complex concepts across audiences.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Spring

Distributed systems

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

OpenTelemetry

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Apple is seeking an experienced senior engineer to design and operate large-scale, distributed software systems for Wallet, Payments & Commerce. You will lead architecture, drive technical direction, and mentor peers across global teams while delivering highly available services.

You will own from concept to production, shaping monitoring, deployments, and on-call response with a focus on reliability and scale in a fast-paced environment.