Senior Backend Engineer - AI, LLM & Scalable Systems

Apple Inc.; Cupertino, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Employee stock programs

Tuition reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer for the Universal Media Engineering team within Apple Services Engineering (ASE) in Cupertino.

You will design and build highly scalable backend services, APIs and data pipelines, applying modern AI techniques to power TV, media and services for millions of users. You'll collaborate with product managers, engineers and business stakeholders, prototype AI-powered capabilities, and help raise the engineering quality bar while delivering reliable,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience across the full stack.
• Experience designing scalable backend services and RESTful APIs.
• Proficient with Java and backend languages (Kotlin/Go/Python).
• Knowledge of distributed systems, cloud-native development, and data modeling.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate scalable backend services and APIs.
• Collaborate with product and business stakeholders on technical solutions.
• Advance AI-powered capabilities and developer tooling.
• Ensure reliability, observability, and performance of systems.
• Mentor peers and promote reuse and best practices.

Skills

Java

Backend development

Distributed systems

RESTful APIs

LLM integration

Cloud-native

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Spring Framework

PostgreSQL

Job description

Apple Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer for the Universal Media Engineering team within Apple Services Engineering (ASE) in Cupertino.

You will design and build highly scalable backend services, APIs and data pipelines, applying modern AI techniques to power TV, media and services for millions of users. You'll collaborate with product managers, engineers and business stakeholders, prototype AI-powered capabilities, and help raise the engineering quality bar while delivering reliable,