Senior Systems Engineer, On-Device Ad Platform

Apple, Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 216,000 - 394,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Relocation assistance

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Apple, Inc. in Cupertino, CA is seeking a systems and platform engineer to own on-device ad delivery architecture across App Store, Apple News and Stocks, and Apple Maps. This role focuses on privacy-by-architecture, concurrency, and scalable OS-level components, not UI work.

You will drive multi-quarter roadmaps, mentor senior engineers, and collaborate with product and business partners to manage architectural risk and ensure production readiness across the広告 stack.

Qualifications

• Deep, expert-level understanding of OS fundamentals (process/memory management, scheduling, file systems).
• Extensive professional software development experience in a C-like language with scale/reliability requirements.
• Expert-level understanding of cross-process communication and concurrent programming.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction and architecture for on-device ad delivery systems across multiple teams.
• Identify and resolve the hardest, most ambiguous technical problems in the stack.
• Design, implement, and debug privacy-preserving on-device components that operate at scale.

Skills

OS fundamentals

C-like languages

Cross-process communication

SDKs and libraries design

Architecture leadership

Mentoring senior engineers

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Apple, Inc. in Cupertino, CA is seeking a systems and platform engineer to own on-device ad delivery architecture across App Store, Apple News and Stocks, and Apple Maps. This role focuses on privacy-by-architecture, concurrency, and scalable OS-level components, not UI work.

You will drive multi-quarter roadmaps, mentor senior engineers, and collaborate with product and business partners to manage architectural risk and ensure production readiness across the広告 stack.