Senior Distributed Systems Engineer - Java/Kotlin

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

Job summary

Apple seeks an experienced software engineer to lead the design and operation of highly scalable distributed systems within the Wallet, Payments & Commerce team in Cupertino. You will architect, implement, test, and maintain services powering Apple Pay, transit, events, digital keys and identity, with autonomy and collaboration across teams.

As a senior engineer, you will drive technical discussions, mentor peers, review code, and shape the architecture while ensuring reliability, security, and

Qualifications

• BS degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
• Experience architecting mission-critical distributed systems at scale.
• Strong communication across global teams.
• Commitment to engineering excellence and learning new technologies.
• Ability to influence engineering strategy.
• Experience with cloud-native apps, CI/CD and security considerations.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture discussions and define system design for large-scale services.
• Mentor peers and contribute to code reviews.
• Own from conception to production and on-call support.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape product direction.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Java/Kotlin/Scala

REST/gRPC services

Cloud-native apps AWS

Containerization Docker/Kubernetes

Observability tools

Security and cryptography basics

Cross-team communication

Education

BS in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Datadog

Cassandra

DynamoDB

JWT / PKI

Job description

Apple seeks an experienced software engineer to lead the design and operation of highly scalable distributed systems within the Wallet, Payments & Commerce team in Cupertino. You will architect, implement, test, and maintain services powering Apple Pay, transit, events, digital keys and identity, with autonomy and collaboration across teams.

As a senior engineer, you will drive technical discussions, mentor peers, review code, and shape the architecture while ensuring reliability, security, and