Sr. Software Engineer - Architecture (ASE)
Seattle, Washington, United States
Software and Services
The Apple Services Engineering (ASE) team is one of the most exciting examples of Apple’s long-held passion for combining art and technology. We are the people who power the App Store, Apple TV+ and Sports, Apple Music, Podcasts, Fitness+ and Books along with Cloud and Infrastructure Services platforms. As part of Apple Services Engineering (ASE), you will have a impactful role in designing, developing, and deploying high-performance business-critical systems that handle millions of queries every single day. This enormous scale brings challenges that require extraordinarily creative problem-solving. By focusing on and respecting the customer’s needs, you’ll be responsible for helping us build the technologies that work for so many customers around the world.
Our team is looking for a hardworking, passionate and driven engineer and architect to be part of the Architecture and Efficiency Team in Apple Services Engineering organization. Alongside other brilliant engineers in this space, you will help innovate and improve the architecture and efficiency of Apple Media Services. You’ll be developing novel distributed architectures and products as we continue to expand our global services availability and presence. Imagine diving into the intricate architecture, fine-tuning performance to ensure seamless experiences for millions of users worldwide. Or collaborating with partner teams, innovating together to enhance the underlying architecture and deliver enlightening experiences with the reliability our users expect. That’s what we do every day!
Key Qualifications
- Extensive professional experience developing software at scale
- Proficient with Java with flexibility to work with other major development languages like Scala, Go etc.
- Hands on experience architecting and implementing highly available and distributed service architectures
- Strong foundation in Computer Science including statistics and algorithms
- Experience with large-scale datacenter applications, including deployments, monitoring and capacity planning
- Ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbal, with technical and non-technical multi-functional teams
- Ability and desire to innovate, influence, encourage not only your team but other teams you will be working closely with
- Experience with scalable distributed persistent cache or stores in practice, like: Cassandra and Redis
- Understanding of key cloud technologies and infrastructure
- Experience with Kubernetes, reactive programming, async programming, and non-blocking IO is a huge plus
Description
As a senior architect, you will be at the forefront of scaling, optimizing, and enhancing performance across our suite of services, ensuring that our platforms can seamlessly accommodate our growing user base. You will dive deep into the intricacies of our architecture, fine-tuning every aspect to deliver an unparalleled user experience. Additionally, you will collaborate closely with partner teams, innovating together to enhance the underlying architecture of their products and features. Your collaborative effort will not only elevate the performance of individual services but also contribute to the cohesive ecosystem that defines the Apple experience.
A senior architects on the Apple Services Engineering team play a pivotal role in optimizing and scaling the architecture of our diverse portfolio of services. Your visionary leadership will shape the future of digital media, redefining the way users interact with our services across platforms like App Store, Apple TV+, Apple Music, Apple Books, Apple Podcasts, Apple Arcade, iCloud and so much more! Join our world-class team of engineers and creatives as we push the boundaries of innovation and craft experiences that captivate and delight audiences globally. If you want to be part of this amazing team, this position is for you!
Education & Experience
Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or equivalent experience.