Senior Cloud Platform Engineer, Wallet & Payments

Apple Inc.; Cary (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer in Cary, North Carolina, to spearhead cloud platform development in areas including payments and customer experience. The ideal candidate will possess at least 8 years of engineering expertise and be fluent in Kubernetes, Terraform, and cloud security practices. You will be crucial in architecting next-generation cloud solutions that enhance our services and secure our systems.

Your role will focus on driving cross-functional solutions, mentoring team members, and representing the team in key initiatives across Apple. A Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Cloud infrastructure and platform engineering experience.
• Experience building platforms that are customer-centric.
• Expertise in Kubernetes and Containers across multiple environments.
• Deep knowledge of Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Experience with security-first architectures and policy management.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and delivery of platform capabilities end-to-end.
• Drive technical direction on multi-quarter initiatives.
• Architect and evolve platform-as-a-product offerings.
• Lead design and rollout of security controls.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure and platform engineering

Kubernetes and Containers

Infrastructure as Code with Crossplane and Terraform

Public cloud expertise (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Security-first architecture with Policy as Code

GitOps and CI/CD

Strong networking fundamentals

Linux internals and systems-level troubleshooting

Microservices and distributed systems experience

Experience with service meshes and observability stacks

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience

Tools

Crossplane

Terraform

Flux

Jenkins

Istio

Prometheus

Job description

Apple Inc. is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer in Cary, North Carolina, to spearhead cloud platform development in areas including payments and customer experience. The ideal candidate will possess at least 8 years of engineering expertise and be fluent in Kubernetes, Terraform, and cloud security practices. You will be crucial in architecting next-generation cloud solutions that enhance our services and secure our systems.

Your role will focus on driving cross-functional solutions, mentoring team members, and representing the team in key initiatives across Apple. A Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience is preferred.