Senior Backend Engineer - Scalable Ads Infrastructure

Apple Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Austin, Texas is seeking a senior backend engineer to advance our Apple Ads infrastructure. You will build foundational components for next-gen ad systems, focusing on privacy-preserving, scalable services in a cloud environment and collaborating with product, data, and SRE teams.

The role requires strong CS fundamentals, experience with distributed systems, and proficiency in Java or C++. You will influence system design for high-scale advertising workloads with a global reach.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building scalable microservices or data-driven platforms.
• Strong computer science fundamentals.
• OOP experience (Java or C++).
• Cloud paradigms (AWS or GCP).
• Backend distributed systems expertise.
• Public cloud technologies and APIs experience.
• Microservice design and high-scale tuning knowledge.
• Relational and non-relational datastore expertise.
• Data processing tech: Kafka, Spark, Flink.
• Strong problem solving and debugging skills.
• Fast-paced work environment adaptability.
• Bachelor's in CS/engineering; Master’s preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build foundational pieces of the next generation of Apple Ad systems.
• Implement low-latency, high-volume services in a cloud environment.
• Design performant services to support rapid growth with minimal overhead.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to cover Ads use cases.

Skills

Distributed systems

Java

C++

Cloud (AWS/GCP)

Data processing

Datastores (SQL/NoSQL)

Kafka/Spark/Flink

Microservices

Backend design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Apple Inc. in Austin, Texas is seeking a senior backend engineer to advance our Apple Ads infrastructure. You will build foundational components for next-gen ad systems, focusing on privacy-preserving, scalable services in a cloud environment and collaborating with product, data, and SRE teams.

The role requires strong CS fundamentals, experience with distributed systems, and proficiency in Java or C++. You will influence system design for high-scale advertising workloads with a global reach.