Software Development Engineer-Experimentation

Apple; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Software Development Engineer to join their talented team in Cupertino. This role focuses on building a robust A/B experimentation platform for a widely used service, ensuring accuracy and quality in a product that impacts millions daily. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Java and experience with large-scale backend applications. You will work alongside engineers, data scientists, and product managers to tackle complex challenges and enhance user experience while prioritizing privacy. Join a dynamic environment where your contributions will directly influence the future of technology.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Discounted products

Free services

Tuition reimbursement

Employee stock purchase plan

Discretionary bonuses

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Java with advanced skills in data structures and algorithms.
• Familiarity with A/B testing methodologies and large-scale deployments.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to design and implement new features for the experimentation platform.
• Leverage SQL to generate insights from experiment metadata.

Skills

Java

REST APIs

SQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Git

Software Testing

Education

B.S. in Computer Science

Tools

Dropwizard

Spring Boot

PostgresSQL

Gradle

Maven

Job description

Software Development Engineer-Experimentation

**Cupertino, California, United States**

**Software and Services**

**Summary**

Posted: **May 09, 2025**

Weekly Hours: **40**

Role Number: **200602798**

The Apple Maps Evaluation team is seeking great engineers! Our team builds big data and computing platforms, as well as core services, to empower engineers, statisticians and scientists to develop and experiment on algorithms to measure and improve the accuracy and quality of Apple Maps global dataset.

Our team owns the A/B experimentation platform for Apple Maps, and we deal with complex problems at a massive scale. We're looking for a customer-focused backend engineer to help build our experimentation infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have expertise architecting, building and operating large-scale backend applications and will be familiar with A/B experimentation.

**Description**

You’ll be a core contributor to our A/B testing systems, and you will work with engineers, statisticians, data scientists, product managers and mapping experts to improve a core product that touches millions of users worldwide each day. Working as part of a cross-functional team, you will work on novel problems and solve challenges around experimentation and distributed systems while keeping user privacy as a top priority.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Work with team and stakeholders to gather requirements, design, implement, and ship new platform features for the experimentation platform backend and tooling in our ecosystem

- Specify frontend requirements and collaborate with UI team to design, implement, and ship new frontend features that seamlessly integrate with experimentation platform backend features

- Leverage SQL to generate insights from experiment metadata and experiment metrics products as needed for reports or other automation needs

**Minimum Qualifications**

+ 3+ years of experience and advanced skills in Java including a deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design pattern, and advanced language features including lambdas and streams

+ 3+ years of experience using Dropwizard, Spring Boot, JAX-RS, or equivalent Java-based framework for building and maintaining REST-based APIs

+ 3+ years of experience writing unit and integration tests using JUnit, Mockito and Cucumber or equivalent testing frameworks for maintaining and improving software quality

+ 2+ years of experience writing DDL and DML queries for managing and querying schemas using PostgresSQL

+ Experience using Gradle, Maven, or equivalent build tool for building Java applications

+ Experience using Docker and Kubernetes or equivalent containerization technologies for application packaging and deployment

+ Experience with Python 3 for building new and maintaining existing internal tools

+ Experience with Git or equivalent source control management system

+ Excellent communication skills and a strong desire to work with both technical and non-technical audiences

+ Understanding of software performance, large scale deployments, continuous integration, and software testing methodologies including TDD and BDD

+ Proven track record of collaborating across teams to gather requirements, design, implement, and ship new software features

**Preferred Qualifications**

+ B.S or advanced degree in Computer Science or related field

+ Experience profiling and debugging complex Java applications

+ Experience with Amazon Web Services, GCP, or Azure

+ Familiarity with A/B testing methodologies

+ Familiarity with privacy computing concepts

**Pay & Benefits**

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 $143,100 and $264,200, 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. (https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html)

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

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