Senior Backend Engineer: Scalable Customer Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Education reimbursement

Healthcare benefits

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Sunnyvale is seeking a senior software engineer to own end-to-end delivery of features, from design through testing and production observability, within IS&T. You will drive best practices, improve CI/CD, and ensure robust, scalable services.

Responsibilities include architecting non-blocking, event-driven pipelines and contributing to API design across service boundaries. A strong background in JVM tuning and high-scale systems is essential.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field or equivalent.
• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• 2+ years Java experience with concurrency and performance optimization.
• Proficiency in OOP, data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
• Experience with Spring ecosystem and building microservices.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of features from design to production observability.
• Drive engineering best practices: code reviews, testing, CI/CD, documentation.
• Architect event-driven pipelines for high-scale, low-latency services.
• Contribute to API design and contract-first development ensuring compatibility.

Skills

Java

Spring

OOP

WebFlux

Education

B.S. in Computer Science

Tools

Spring Boot

Spring MVC

Spring Security

Spring Data

Spring Cloud

Job description

Apple Inc. in Sunnyvale is seeking a senior software engineer to own end-to-end delivery of features, from design through testing and production observability, within IS&T. You will drive best practices, improve CI/CD, and ensure robust, scalable services.

Responsibilities include architecting non-blocking, event-driven pipelines and contributing to API design across service boundaries. A strong background in JVM tuning and high-scale systems is essential.