Senior Backend Engineer — Scalable Retail Systems

Apple, Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking a Sr Software Engineer for Retail & Marcom Engineering in Cupertino, CA. You will design and operate backend services powering device activation, pricing, and order management across carriers, collaborating with QA, product, and partner teams.

You will contribute to scalable, secure systems, participate in architectural discussions, and mentor teammates while delivering reliable production solutions and automated tests.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent professional work experience.
• 5+ years proven software development experience.
• 2+ years proven experience with Java, including concurrency, memory management, and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable backend services and APIs that support device activation, plan selection, pricing and order management with major carriers.
• Develop, test and deploy high-quality features across the full lifecycle, from technical design through release and production support.
• Integrate with carrier systems and internal Apple platforms, translating carrier requirements into reliable, well-documented solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, using logs and monitoring to find root causes and prevent recurrence.
• Improve performance, reliability and maintainability of existing services, including order, pricing and fulfillment flows.
• Collaborate with product managers, QA engineers, program managers and carrier partners to define requirements and deliver on schedule.
• Review code and contribute to design discussions, helping set engineering standards and mentor teammates.
• Write and maintain automated tests, documentation and runbooks so services stay easy to operate and support.

Skills

Java

Spring Framework

API design

REST APIs

Messaging

Distributed systems

CI/CD & Kubernetes

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or related

Tools

Spring Boot

Spring MVC

Spring Security

OpenAPI/Swagger

Kafka

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL/MySQL

Job description

Apple is seeking a Sr Software Engineer for Retail & Marcom Engineering in Cupertino, CA. You will design and operate backend services powering device activation, pricing, and order management across carriers, collaborating with QA, product, and partner teams.

You will contribute to scalable, secure systems, participate in architectural discussions, and mentor teammates while delivering reliable production solutions and automated tests.