Software Engineering Technical Lead, Server Energy Services

Socket.dev; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking a senior software architect to shape and evolve the Energy Services platform. You will design, build, and scale services and APIs that support millions of users across distributed systems, working with server and client teams.

You will lead architectural decisions, explore new technologies, and drive cross-functional roadmaps while collaborating with internal and external partners. A strong background in JVM-based systems and DevOps practices is essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering, incl. 3+ years as tech lead/architect.
• Extensive experience architecting, building, shipping, and scaling distributed JVM systems.
• Ability to drive architecture decisions and cross-functional roadmaps.
• Strong communication with senior leadership and external partners.
• BS degree or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Architect and evolve the Energy Services platform for scalability and resilience.
• Design and build services and APIs that support millions of users.
• Collaborate with server and client teams to raise the bar on reliability.
• Evaluate new technologies and patterns to guide roadmaps and decisions.
• Lead early investigations, prototypes, and 3rd-party integrations.

Skills

Java/Kotlin

Spring

gRPC

DevOps

Containerization

Cloud-native

IaC

CI/CD

Observability

Distributed systems

Education

BS Degree or equivalent

Tools

Aurora

DynamoDB

Temporal

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Job description

At Apple, great ideas quickly become phenomenal products, services, customer experiences. Join us in building the future of energy! One way we are making the world better is our Apple 2030 initiative — a commitment to become carbon neutral across our entire business, manufacturing supply chain, and product life cycle by 2030, including the electricity used to power Apple devices. We build robust, highly scalable services that support this mission, working across distributed systems, security, and privacy with a focus on reliability and disruptive, meaningful impact.

DESCRIPTION

You will help architect and evolve the Energy Services platform, shaping how it scales and stays resilient as we add new features and partner integrations. Working closely with server and client teams, you will design and build services and APIs that support millions of users, while continuing to raise the bar on scalability and resilience. You'll also have the opportunity to be involved with early development investigations, prototypes, and 3rd-party integrations for one of Apple's most innovative spaces.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

10+ years of industry experience as a software engineer, including 3+ years as a tech lead/architect. Extensive experience architecting, building, shipping, and scaling mission-critical distributed systems on the JVM. Track record of driving architecture and technical roadmaps across multiple engineers, services, or teams. Deep understanding of distributed systems fundamentals and the trade-offs in consistency, latency, throughput, and failure modes. A commitment to engineering excellence, with curiosity to evaluate and advocate for new technologies and patterns. Demonstrated ability to influence architectural and cross-functional decisions, build strong working relationships across teams, and drive complex projects from conception to production. Clear and effective communicator across technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership and external partners. BS Degree or equivalent work experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Strong DevOps and platform engineering experience — containerization and orchestration, cloud-native services, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tooling (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry). Experience with durable workflow orchestration platforms (e.g., Temporal). Significant hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases at scale (e.g., Aurora, DynamoDB). Solid understanding of security, privacy, and applied cryptography — PKI, certificate management, and JWT. Experience with Java/Kotlin, Spring, and gRPC. Proven experience onboarding and integrating with external partners. Hands-on experience using generative AI tools to accelerate software development. Domain knowledge of the utility industry, electrical grid, or renewable energy.