Platform Engineer

New York City, New York, United States
Software and Services

Summary

Posted:
Weekly Hours: 40
Role Number:200548617
At Apple, we believe in the power of technology to enrich people's lives. Everything we build is designed to empower people, including our advertising platform. We deliver ads in a way that benefits both customers and advertisers — helping people discover content, supporting creators, and protecting and respecting everyone’s privacy. Our technology makes advertising possible on the App Store, Apple News, Stocks, and Apple TV. Our technology and services power advertising in Apple News and Search Ads in App Store. Our platforms are highly-performant, deployed at scale, and setting new standards for enabling effective advertising while protecting user privacy! Everything we do is with the unwavering commitment to privacy you expect from Apple. Because when advertising is done right, it benefits everyone. We are seeking a Platform Engineer to help provide our engineers with an intuitive platform for delivering high-quality, secure, software.

Key Qualifications

  • 3+ years of proven experience in large scale software development.
  • 3+ years collaborating across organizations with other specialists for feedback on proposed designs and product direction.
  • Demonstrated ownership and health of CI/CD pipelines from dev to production environments.
  • Understanding of the test pyramid and how that applies across the software development lifecycle.
  • Practical experience building and shipping services on Kubernetes on Azure, GCP, or AWS.
  • Strong programming skills in Python or Java, familiar with databases, SQL, and scripting languages.
  • Understanding of Big Data technologies like Hadoop, Kafka, Spark, Cassandra.
  • Experience with a wide range of modern infrastructure tools and technologies.

Description

The Platform Engineer will join a dynamic team, responsible for architecting and maintaining our cutting-edge infrastructure. As a key player, you'll drive the design and implementation of scalable solutions, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams. Your expertise will be pivotal in ensuring high availability, reliability, and performance across our platform. Bring your expertise in cloud technologies, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines to spearhead innovation and lead the development of robust, automated deployment processes.

Education & Experience

BS/MS in computer science/SW Engineering or equivalent field experience.

Additional Requirements

  • Apple’s most important resource, our soul, is our people. Apple benefits help further the well-being of our employees and their families in meaningful ways. No matter where you work at Apple, you can take advantage of our health and wellness resources and time-away programs. We’re proud to provide stock grants to employees at all levels of the company, and we also give employees the option to buy Apple stock at a discount — both offer everyone at Apple the chance to share in the company’s success. You’ll discover many more benefits of working at Apple, such as programs that match your charitable contributions, reimburse you for continuing your education and give you special employee pricing on Apple products.
  • Apple benefits programs vary by country and are subject to eligibility requirements.
  • Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Apple is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. Apple is a drug-free workplace.

Pay & Benefits