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Apple · 3 months ago

Staff Software Engineer, Information Systems & Technology

positionCupertino, California, United States
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityLead/Staff
money$181K/yr - $318K/yr
date8+ years exp

Apple is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their Information Systems and Technology group. The role involves architecting, designing, developing, testing, documenting, and maintaining code primarily in Java, while collaborating with various internal and external partners to improve Apple's operational systems and processes.

AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)BroadcastingDigital EntertainmentFoundational AIMedia and EntertainmentMobile DevicesOperating SystemsTVWearables
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Responsibilities

Architect, design, develop, test, document, improve, and maintain code mostly in Java (and other languages as needed)
Partake in every aspect of your projects, from planning to design to implementation and future iterations
Play an extended role in designing solutions, and leading software projects

Qualification

JavaCloud-based systemsAPI designDatabase managementOOP principlesCI/CD toolsJava web frameworksNetworking conceptsCommunication skillsCollaboration skillsMentoring

Required

B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional work experience
8+ years proven experience developing software in a professional capacity. Longer experience strongly preferred
5+ years proven experience designing, implementing, and shipping high-scale, high-performance, highly available, fault-tolerant, and secure cloud-based distributed systems, including mastery in API design and implementation (e.g. REST, RPC, GraphQL, etc.)
5+ years proven experience using relational (e.g. Postgres, MySQL, etc.) and NoSQL (e.g. Cassandra, MongoDB, etc.) databases, including mastery in schema design, query optimization, and managing sophisticated data interactions between relational/NoSQL systems
4+ years proven experience with Java, including mastery in concurrency, memory management, and performance optimization techniques
Mastery in OOP principles, data structures, algorithms, and software design patterns (e.g. GoF), with a proven focus on implementing testable, maintainable, and extensible backend code
Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work with various internal and external partners, and senior leaders

Preferred

Track record of leading software projects that span multiple, distributed teams as a tech lead (TL), while mentoring senior-level software engineers
Comfortable using CI/CD tools to build, test, deploy, and release containerized software applications on cloud-based Kubernetes (e.g. AWS EKS, GCP GKE, Azure AKS, etc.)
Expertise in Java web (e.g. ServiceTalk, Spring, Dropwizard, Quarkus, Micronaut, etc.) and unit testing frameworks (e.g. JUnit, Mockito, etc.)
Experience with tooling languages (e.g. Go, Python, Ruby, etc.) and distributed orchestration & computing systems (e.g. Airflow, Spark, Flink, etc.)
Strong understanding of advanced JVM internals (e.g. garbage collection, memory allocation, JIT, JNI, etc.)
Extensive knowledge of networking concepts & protocols (e.g. HTTP/HTTPS, CDN, edge computing, load balancing, OSI model, etc.)

Benefits

Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
Retirement benefits
A range of discounted products and free services
Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
Relocation

Company

Apple

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Apple is a technology company that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.
dateFounded in 1976
location
Cupertino, California, USA
people-size10001+ employees
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H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$5.67B
Key Investors
Berkshire HathawayMicrosoftSequoia Capital
2025-05-05Post Ipo Debt· $4.5B
2025-01-16Post Ipo Debt· $0.31M
2021-04-30Post Ipo Equity

Leadership Team

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Tim Cook
CEO
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Craig Federighi
SVP, Software Engineering

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