Sr Software Engineer, Employee Experience & Productivity

Apple Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Relocation assistance

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a Sr Software Engineer for Employee Experience & Productivity in Sunnyvale, CA. You will design, build, and operate secure Drupal and Symfony applications used by Apple employees worldwide. Own applications end to end—from concept through deployment and day-to-day operations.

You will autonomously run projects with business partners, apply secure coding practices, and deliver accessible front-end interfaces that scale across regions and languages.

Qualifications

• Proven ownership of production applications end to end—from concept to deployment and day-to-day operations.
• Experience with Symfony and Drupal including complex custom module development and Composer dependency management.
• Experience applying secure coding practices across the stack.
• Experience designing and consuming RESTful web services and APIs (e.g., JSON:API, REST).
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate secure Drupal and Symfony applications used by Apple employees worldwide.
• Own applications end to end — from concept and architecture through deployment and day-to-day operations.
• Run projects autonomously: partner with business groups to translate requirements into scalable enterprise software, manage priorities, and incorporate customer feedback.
• Apply secure coding practices, including input validation and access control, across the stack.
• Build user-friendly, accessible front-end interfaces that meet modern accessibility standards.
• Build systems that scale across multiple regions and languages and handle peak load for a global user base.
• Optimize application and database performance, including debugging and tuning SQL queries.
• Integrate applications with authentication and third-party services, and incorporate AI tooling into the development lifecycle.
• Contribute to a culture of quality and reliability through code review, sound engineering standards, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Drupal

Symfony

PHP OOP

RESTful APIs

Security practices

Education

Bachelor's in CS or related field

Tools

Composer

Git

CI/CD

Docker

Job description

Sr Software Engineer, Employee Experience & Productivity

Sunnyvale, California, United States Software and Services

Do you want to help build some of the largest and most consequential enterprise and customer technology systems in the world? Join Apple’s Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) organization. IS&T is the engine behind everything Apple does for customers and for the people who build for them. It’s Apple’s central nervous system. Supporting 2.5 billion active Apple devices, processing billions of secure transactions, and keeping the technology that defines modern life running flawlessly, IS&T makes the impossible feel effortless. Do you love building solutions to handle global complexity and immense scale? Imagine what you could do here.Employee Experience and Productivity (EEP) is part of IS&T and delivers some of the most widely used communication and productivity technology and services across Apple — from tools that enable collaboration to the support teams that keep Apple's workforce running. EEP also leads user experience design and research, and manages the systems behind Apple's original content studios. Within this team is Employee Engagement & Engineering, a small, global team that quickly delivers with long-term vision, building durable, reliable systems meant to last. Our focus is on crafting high-quality, user-centered experiences — delivering AI and system interoperability to make every interaction intuitive, seamless, and genuinely useful for the people who rely on our tools.

Description

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate secure Drupal and Symfony applications used by Apple employees worldwide
• Own applications end to end — from concept and architecture through deployment and day-to-day operations
• Run projects autonomously: partner directly with business groups to translate requirements into scalable enterprise software, manage priorities, and incorporate customer feedback throughout delivery
• Apply secure coding practices, including input validation and access control, across the stack
• Build user-friendly, accessible front-end interfaces that meet modern accessibility standards
• Build systems that scale across multiple regions and languages and handle peak load for a global user base
• Optimize application and database performance, including debugging and tuning SQL queries
• Integrate applications with authentication and third-party services, and incorporate AI tooling into the development lifecycle
• Contribute to a culture of quality and reliability through code review, sound engineering standards, and continuous improvement

Minimum Qualifications

• Deep, hands-on experience with Symfony and Drupal, including complex custom module development, object-oriented PHP, design patterns, and dependency management with Composer
• Proven ability to own production applications end to end — from concept and architecture through deployment and day-to-day operations — and to drive projects autonomously with business partners
• Experience applying secure coding practices across the stack, including input validation and access control
• Experience designing and consuming RESTful web services and APIs (e.g., JSON:API, REST)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Developing custom Drush commands and background/queue processes, with a focus on performance tuning
• Strong SQL skills, including optimizing and debugging queries to improve performance
• Writing automated tests (e.g., PHPUnit, Kernel/functional tests)
• Integrating applications and authentication using OAuth, SAML, and single sign-on
• Integrating AI tools into the application development lifecycle
• Building and maintaining Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) processes across a variety of data sources
• Designing systems that scale across multiple locations and languages and handle peak load for a global user base
• Load testing and advanced troubleshooting of production applications
• CI/CD pipelines, container-based systems for deployment and local development, and managing configuration/deployments across multi-environment architectures
• Distributed version control with Git
• Leading engineering projects and driving delivery, including Agile facilitation, code review, and mentoring peers

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 $184,700 and $324,800, 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 BenefitsNote: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant

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