Apple · 7 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer, Apple Pay — Wallet, Payments & Commerce (WPC)
San Diego, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$172K/yr - $302K/yrApple is a leading technology company known for its innovative products and services. The Wallet, Payments & Commerce (WPC) team is seeking experienced engineers to architect systems at scale and contribute to building exceptional software that enhances payment experiences for users.
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Responsibilities
As a senior member of the team, you’ll drive technical discussions, write specifications, mentor peers, review code, and produce impactful documentation. Success in this role therefore requires strong self-motivation, crisp and clear communication, a highly collaborative approach, and the ability to work effectively across teams and disciplines to define and influence engineering strategy
Qualification
Required
Extensive experience architecting, building, and maintaining mission-critical distributed systems at large scales
Deep understanding of distributed systems fundamentals and trade-offs in consistency, latency, and throughput
A commitment to engineering excellence, continuous improvement, and the curiosity to evaluate and advocate for new technologies and patterns
An ability to communicate thoughtfully and clearly, both verbally and in writing, to drive consensus on complex technical concepts with diverse audiences, including global teams and external partners
A track record of building and sustaining healthy long-term relationships and technical influence within your team and beyond its boundaries
The tenacity and perseverance to lead complex projects all the way from conception to production
No formal degree is required. What matters most is your mindset, your initiative, and your demonstrated ability to apply advanced skills to real-world applications
Experience using generative AI tools throughout the software development lifecycle to produce high-quality software
Preferred
Deep hands-on software development expertise with Java or Kotlin and Spring
Proven development and operational experience with high-volume REST and/or gRPC services (either server-to-server or mobile client facing)
Strong experience designing for containerization and orchestration (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
Significant time spent architecting, building, and operating cloud-native (e.g. AWS) applications with resilience, failover, and self-healing as core features
Expertise in designing robust CI/CD pipelines and defining infrastructure as code
Extensive experience with observability strategies and tools (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Datadog)
Deep understanding of modern networking and experience using traffic tools for tracing and debugging
A fundamental appreciation for, and understanding of security, privacy, and cryptography (e.g. PKI, certificate management, JWT)
Hands-on experience optimizing SQL/NoSQL databases for scale (e.g. Aurora, DynamoDB, CockroachDB, Oracle)
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.
Founded in 1976
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.67BKey Investors
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2025-05-05Post Ipo Debt· $4.5B
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2021-04-30Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
Tim Cook
CEO
Craig Federighi
SVP, Software Engineering
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