Apple · 1 month ago
Software Developer/Data Engineer - Apple Music
Cupertino, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$147K/yr - $272K/yr
5+ years expApple is a leading technology company known for its innovative products and services. They are seeking a Software Developer/Data Engineer for Apple Music to design and implement features that process and serve large datasets, ensuring high throughput and reliability. This role involves collaborating with various teams and driving technical discussions to enhance the customer experience through data-driven solutions.
AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)BroadcastingDigital EntertainmentFoundational AIMedia and EntertainmentMobile DevicesOperating SystemsTVWearables
Responsibilities
Lead technical discussions with engineering teams, data scientists, and business stakeholders to define data requirements and drive the execution of complex projects
Take ownership of the full software development lifecycle: architecting, designing, implementing, and testing highly scalable and efficient data processing pipelines
Create technical design documents and drive consensus across stakeholders
Work with our QA and SRE teams to establish and meet quality and reliability goals
Design, implement and support highly scalable data systems and services
Build large-scale data pipelines, including data ingest from various sources to feed batch and near-realtime or streaming compute components
Drive innovation and explore new technologies to improve our data infrastructure
Represent our team in meetings and drive consensus across participants
Create reusability across our features and our engineering stack e.g. utilising standard libraries and contributing to their development
Mentor junior engineers on the team, fostering a culture of technical excellence, and elevating the team’s capabilities through code reviews and design guidance
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business Information Systems, or related field
At least 5+ years relevant industry experience
Proficiency and hands-on experience in at least one of Java or Scala
Experience with Apache Flink or Spark
Skilled at writing clean, performant and well-tested code, as well as reviewing and debugging existing code
Solid Computer Science fundamentals, including algorithms and data structures
A strong command of distributed data processing fundamentals and patterns (e.g., partitioning, data locality, distributed consensus)
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical designs and concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Good critical thinking skills
Preferred
Experience with Apache Iceberg tables
Experience with Apache Beam
Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes
Familiarity with Apache Airflow
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
Apple is a technology company that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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$5.67BKey Investors
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CEO
Craig Federighi
SVP, Software Engineering
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