Software Engineer (Data Analytics), AI & Data Platforms (AiDP)

Socket.dev; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple's AiDP Data Services analytics team is seeking a Software Engineer, Data Analytics to build data processing platforms and tooling for large-scale internet services. You will contribute to analytics and search capabilities across OpenSearch, ClickHouse, and other data stores, enabling observability, backup/restore, and self-service capabilities for thousands of engineers.

The role requires strong Java or Python skills, 3+ years in data analytics or data search, and hands-on experience with

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in data analytics and/or data search space.
• Experience with Java or Python.
• Hands-on production experience with one of the following technologies: Solar, Elastic Search, Iceberg, ClickHouse, Doris and/or Couchbase.
• Exposure to running infrastructure with automation tooling across Datacenter and Cloud architectures (including Alibaba Cloud and/or AWS).
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related work experience.

Skills

Data analytics

Data search

Java

Python

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related work experience

Tools

Solar

Elastic Search

Iceberg

ClickHouse

Doris

Couchbase

Job description

Description

Apple's AI & Data Platform (AiDP) Data Services organization is seeking a motivated Software Engineer, Data Analytics focused on providing data analytics and search services. Engineers on this team build data processing platforms and develop required tooling for Apple's most critical internet services at massive scale. In AiDP, your work will benefit hundreds of millions of users. AI & Data Platforms (AiDP) is IS&T's engine for AI-powered innovation. The team brings together data, application development, and machine learning — including generative AI — along with data services and customer success functions, to help IS&T build solutions more efficiently and streamline the adoption and embedding of generative AI across Apple.

The AiDP Data Services Analytics team builds data analytics and search capabilities — provisioning, backup/restore, observability, and self-service — spanning OpenSearch, ClickHouse, SingleStore, Couchbase, Apache Doris, Apache Milvus, etc. This role involves supporting data processing and migration efforts across hybrid-cloud environments (On-Prem AWS AliCloud) following established Runbooks and adhering to local data residency and regulatory requirements (e.g., China's Cybersecurity Law and PIPL). This role requires good communication and collaboration with infrastructure teams and colleagues across a distributed team.

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in data analytics and/or data search space


• Experience and knowledge of Java or Python programming languages


• Hands‑on production experience with at least one of the following technologies: Solar, Elastic Search, Iceberg, ClickHouse, Doris and/or Couchbase


• Exposure to running infrastructure with reliance on automation tooling, across Datacenter and Cloud architectures (including Alibaba Cloud and/or AWS)


• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related work experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Some operational experience with stateful services on Kubernetes


• Exposure to database-as-a-service control planes, provisioning APIs, or self-service tooling


• Experience assisting with cross-cloud / hybrid-cloud data migrations for transactional systems


• Familiarity with observability concepts (SLIs/SLOs), backup, and DR practices for OLTP/distributed-SQL engines


• Solid troubleshooting skills, a resourceful first-principles approach to problem solving, and good technical writing habits


• Contributions to open-source database projects or internal data-platform tooling