Senior Distributed Systems Engineer

Apple, Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical and dental

Stock programs

Education reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple's Wallet, Payments & Commerce (WPC) team is seeking senior engineers to architect and scale resilient distributed software at Apple’s pace. You’ll own end-to-end design across services, shape architecture, drive on-call reliability, and contribute to secure, observable platforms used by millions.

This role combines hands-on development with leadership, collaboration, and strategic influence. You will work across the full software lifecycle, mentor peers, and help define technical direction

Qualifications

• Extensive experience architecting, building, and maintaining mission-critical distributed systems at large scales.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems fundamentals and trade-offs in consistency, latency, and throughput.
• A commitment to engineering excellence, continuous improvement, and evaluating new technologies and patterns.
• Ability to communicate thoughtfully and clearly to drive consensus on complex concepts with diverse audiences.
• Track record of building healthy long-term relationships and technical influence.
• Tenacity to lead complex projects from conception to production.
• BS degree in computer science or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, build, test, deliver, and maintenance of distributed software at Apple's scale.
• Drive technical discussions, write specs, and mentor peers.
• Review code and produce impactful documentation to guide engineering strategy.
• Collaborate across teams and disciplines to influence engineering direction and reliability.

Skills

Distributed systems

System architecture

Technical communication

BS degree in CS

Education

BS in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

REST/gRPC

AWS

CI/CD

Observability tools

Job description

Apple's Wallet, Payments & Commerce (WPC) team is seeking senior engineers to architect and scale resilient distributed software at Apple’s pace. You’ll own end-to-end design across services, shape architecture, drive on-call reliability, and contribute to secure, observable platforms used by millions.

This role combines hands-on development with leadership, collaboration, and strategic influence. You will work across the full software lifecycle, mentor peers, and help define technical direction