Software Engineer, Core Services - Apple Services Engineering

Socket.dev; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple's ASE Core Services team seeks a Sr. Software Engineer to help build world-class, scalable server features powering Apple Music, App Store, TV+, and other services used by millions.

You will work on large-scale systems with distributed data stores, performance focus, and APIs. The role emphasizes evaluating performance metrics and delivering robust, maintainable code through collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field; MS preferred.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of JVM or functional languages like Clojure.
• Strong OO design, data structures and algorithms.
• Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs or other API technologies.
• Experience with NoSQL/document stores (e.g., Solr/Redis/Memcached/Cassandra/Voldemort/MongoDB) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable server-side features powering Apple services such as Music, App Store, and more.
• Work on distributed data stores with a focus on performance and scalability.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with multiple teams to deliver reliable APIs and features.
• Participate in debugging, testing, and code reviews to ensure high quality.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

OO design

Java/JVM

Clojure

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent

M.S. preferred

Tools

RESTful APIs

Apache Solr

Redis

Memcached

Cassandra

MongoDB

Job description

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you can accomplish. Would you like the stimulation and challenges of building world-class, extraordinary scalable systems that power App Store, Music, TV+, Fitness+, Arcade and many more? Then this is the opportunity for you at Apple! We strive to provide a flawless experience for millions of developers and customers. The ASE (Apple Services Engineering) Core Services team is looking for a Sr. Software Engineer to help build creative features that will enhance the experience of using these services for our millions of customers around the world. We work on building and enhancing large-scale systems using distributed data stores with a strong focus on scalability and performance. We partner with a variety of cross and multi-functional team members from a diverse array of groups across the company. You will join a hands-on development team that fosters creativity and generates novel solutions based on engineering excellence, and will be a part of an innovative impactful team making a difference.

You will be part of the server team that powers customer-facing features within the Apple client applications - Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, Apple TV, App Store, Apple Arcade, Fitness+, MusicKit etc. You will be working multi-functionally with various teams across Apple to deliver some really exciting features to our customers. Thinking about web service performance is a constant thing for us, and we are searching for someone like-minded. If you are used to thinking about performance in terms of median, 95th percentile and 99th percentile, then we are looking for you! You would be someone who is not afraid to question assumptions, is a phenomenal teammate under tight deadlines and seeks problems with sophisticated technical solutions. You will also have the opportunity to help develop and enhance the MusicKit - Apple Music APIs for our developer community and partners: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/applemusicapi (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/applemusicapi) Check out some of the sessions presented by the members of this team at WWDC: WWDC22 - Meet Apple Music API and MusicKit — https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2022/10148/ (https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2022/10148/) WWDC21 - Explore the catalog with the Apple Music API — https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2021/10291 (https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2021/10291) WWDC21 - Cross reference content with the Apple Music API — https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2021/10293 (https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2021/10293)

Minimum Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Science or similar field. M.S. preferred.
• At least 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of JVM or functional languages like Clojure.
• Strong object oriented design and analysis skills coupled with a deep understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Experience in designing and implementing RESTful APIs or other API technologies
• Experience with NoSQL or document oriented data stores (e.g. Apache Solr / Redis / Memcached / Cassandra / Voldemort / MongoDB etc.) is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, and agility to build customer facing features that span multi-functional teams.
• Experience writing effective unit and integration tests.
• Outstanding debugging, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills.