Senior Data Platform Engineer: Cloud-Scale, Low-Latency

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 150,400 - 277,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Stock programs and RSUs

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Data Platform to design, develop, and deploy scalable data processing systems at an immense scale in a cloud environment. You will work across Go, Java, and Scala to build highly reliable services, leveraging IaC with Pulumi and Crossplane and container orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure low latency, fault tolerance, and high availability across Apple’s data platforms, enabling

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience designing, developing, and deploying large-scale data processing frameworks and applications on cloud-based infrastructure such as AWS, GCP, etc.
• Strong programming expertise in Go, Java, Scala, and scripting languages, preferably with critical, large-scale distributed systems.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Ability to design large-scale, complex applications with excellent run-time characteristics such as low latency, fault-tolerance, and high availability

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy large-scale data processing frameworks and applications on cloud-based infrastructure such as AWS and GCP.
• Build and maintain highly reliable, distributed systems using programming languages such as Go, Java, and Scala.
• Develop and manage infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Pulumi and Crossplane.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate cloud infrastructure solutions into data platform products and services.
• Implement and manage containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Architect large-scale, complex applications with strong runtime performance, including low latency, fault tolerance, and high availability.
• Contribute to the full lifecycle of system design, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability.

Skills

Go

Java

Scala

Scripting languages

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor’s degree or Masters in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Pulumi

Crossplane

AWS

GCP

Job description

Apple is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Data Platform to design, develop, and deploy scalable data processing systems at an immense scale in a cloud environment. You will work across Go, Java, and Scala to build highly reliable services, leveraging IaC with Pulumi and Crossplane and container orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure low latency, fault tolerance, and high availability across Apple’s data platforms, enabling