Senior Platform Engineer, People Systems Platform

Apple, Inc.; Texas; On-site; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer for the GSE team within IS&T to shape the technical strategy of People Systems. You will work on a platform where configuration is the product, building risky, distributed components into a single coherent system that is secure and scalable at global scale.

You will partner with product managers and cross-functional engineering teams, balancing fast delivery with long-term platform health, while emphasizing data integrity and thoughtful design.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• 6+ years Java or Kotlin, with strong concurrency, memory management, and performance optimization.
• 8+ years of OOP, data structures, algorithms, and GoF patterns, with focus on backend quality.
• 6+ years frontend experience (React/Next.js) with TS/JS/Python.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement platform strategy for People Systems where configuration is the product.
• Collaborate with product managers and cross-functional teams to balance speed and platform health.
• Build scalable, secure, and resilient backend systems that integrate hundreds of components.

Skills

Java/Kotlin

OOP principles

Frontend stack (React/Next.js)

TypeScript / Python / JavaScript

Education

B.S. in Computer Science/Engineering, or related

Tools

React/Next.js

GenAI tooling (Claude Copilot Codex)

GoF design patterns

Job description

Apple Inc. is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer for the GSE team within IS&T to shape the technical strategy of People Systems. You will work on a platform where configuration is the product, building risky, distributed components into a single coherent system that is secure and scalable at global scale.

You will partner with product managers and cross-functional engineering teams, balancing fast delivery with long-term platform health, while emphasizing data integrity and thoughtful design.