Apple · 2 months ago
Cloud Database Engineer - Apple Ads
Austin, Texas, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expApple is a technology company that focuses deeply on customer experience, including in its advertising efforts through Apple Ads. The Cloud Database Engineer will design, provision, and automate database solutions to support Apple Ads applications, ensuring reliability and performance at scale while collaborating with engineering teams.
AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)BroadcastingDigital EntertainmentFoundational AIMedia and EntertainmentMobile DevicesOperating SystemsTVWearables
Responsibilities
Partner with engineering teams to understand data access patterns and recommend purpose-built cloud databases that best meet performance, reliability, and cost goals
Build and enhance Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) modules for secure and automated provisioning, configuration, and compliance of database resources
Develop Python or Go-based automation for deployment, monitoring, and self-healing operations
Optimize and tune production database performance, troubleshoot complex issues, and improve resilience and observability
Contribute to cloud migration and modernization initiatives, completing the transition from on-premises to AWS-managed databases
Evaluate emerging database technologies (e.g., distributed SQL, NewSQL) and advocate for adoption where appropriate
Participate in an on-call rotation for escalations (weekly, during U.S. business hours)
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience engineering and operating cloud databases at scale (AWS preferred)
Strong hands-on experience with Aurora Postgres/MySQL and database migration or modernization from on-prem to cloud
Proven experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) for database provisioning and policy compliance
Scripting proficiency in Python (preferred) or Go, with working knowledge of Shell scripting
Familiarity with NoSQL or distributed SQL databases (MongoDB, CockroachDB, DynamoDB, etc.)
Solid understanding of database performance tuning, observability, and root cause analysis
Experience implementing high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) strategies in multi-region environments
Knowledge of database security and AWS networking fundamentals (IAM, VPC, encryption, private endpoints)
Excellent collaboration and communication skills — able to partner effectively with software engineers and SREs
Preferred
Experience leading data modernization or cloud migration projects
Knowledge of change data capture (CDC) frameworks such as Debezium or AWS DMS
Exposure to containerized or serverless database deployments (e.g., RDS on EKS, Aurora Serverless)
Prior experience in Ad Tech or other high-scale distributed systems environments
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field; Master's degree preferred
Company
Apple
Apple is a technology company that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.67BKey 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
Tim Cook
CEO
Craig Federighi
SVP, Software Engineering
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