Senior Software Engineer (Ads Platform) - Experimentation

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

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Discretionary bonuses

Relocation assistance

Education reimbursement

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Ads Platform Experimentation team in Cupertino, CA.

You will design and build the next generation of experimentation systems that connect millions of users to content from publishers and developers, with a strong emphasis on privacy, observability, and scalable ML workflows. Collaborate with business leaders to drive experimentation roadmap, implement AB testing frameworks, and deliver reliable, data-driven results.

Qualifications

• Design and build large-scale distributed software systems in cloud environments.
• Experience with AB testing and machine learning methods.
• Proficiency in Java/Scala/Python/SQL and data analysis concepts.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience with advertising or ML experimentation is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders to design and evolve a multivariate experimentation platform.
• Lead roadmap and feature development for scalable AB testing systems.
• Build observability, monitoring, and efficiency tools for experiments.
• Ensure privacy, reliability, and performance of distributed data pipelines.

Skills

Java

Scala

Python

SQL

AWS

Experimentation frameworks

A/B testing

Statistics

Cross-functional collaboration

Ownership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Statistics / Applied Math or related field

Tools

Spark Streaming

Kafka

Flink

Airflow

Kubeflow

Job description

Senior Software Engineer (Ads Platform) - Experimentation

Cupertino, California, United States Machine Learning and AI

At Apple, we work every day to create products that enrich people’s lives. Our Advertising Platforms group makes it possible for people around the world to easily access informative and imaginative content on their devices while helping publishers and developers promote and monetize their work. Today, our technology and services power advertising in Search Ads in the App Store and Apple News. Our platforms are highly-performant, deployed at scale, and setting new standards for enabling effective advertising while protecting user privacy. Ads ML Experimentation team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to build the next generation of software platform and systems to advance experimentation that connect millions of global users to content from publishers and developers. Your work will drive the experimentation framework development of machine learned algorithm at scale. You will build sophisticated systems essential in the end-end development of predictive algorithms. You will design and engineer tools for managing AB test experiments, for performing exploratory analysis, and for real-time monitoring of experiment behavior, while preserving the privacy of our customers.

Description

Partner with business leaders and stakeholders to design, implement and evolve the features of a multivariate experimentation platform. Promote experimentation best practices across the organization. Execute on the experimentation roadmap and future integrations with data-driven prioritization. Exercise strong judgment and make thoughtful decisions with ambiguous situations. Striking the right balance between short-term wins vs. long-term success based on various constraints. You will join and contribute to a culture that emphasizes observability and understandability, reliability, resiliency, simplicity, reusability, extensibility, scalability, velocity and productivity. We are one team, nurturing each other’s growth and supporting each other in delivering for our customers and Apple.

Minimum Qualifications

• Skilled at designing and building complex large-scale and distributed software systems in cloud computing environments like AWS
• Strong experience in Experimentation frameworks, A/B testing and Machine Learning methodologies
• Fluency in programming languages like Java, Scala, Python and SQL
• Experience with event stream processing (ESP) technologies like Spark Streaming, Kafka, Flink or equivalent
• Experience with backend object stores, automated data pipelines, cloud-native data storage and processing frameworks
• Familiarity with data-oriented workflow orchestration frameworks like Airflow, Kubeflow, etc.
• Familiarity with statistics and ability to use data analysis techniques to understand data quality, profile system loads, relationships between business metrics, and technical performance
• Excellent communication, social and presentation skills
• Skilled at operating in a cross-functional organization
• Ability to condense complex concepts and analysis into clear and concise takeaways that drive action
• Prior experience in advertising industry is a plus
• Prior experience with advanced statistical and causal inference is a plus
• Curious business attitude with a proven ability to seek projects with a sense of ownership

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Math or related field.
• 5+ years of industry experience designing, building, maintaining, and extending web-scale production systems.
• Exposure to AB testing and machine learning methodologies.

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $150,400 and $277,600, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits

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