Senior Software Engineer, Ad Platforms

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

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.

We help developers and marketers of all sizes drive app discovery across the App Store. Our display ads on Apple News and Stocks let advertisers promote their products alongside trusted content in a brand‑safe environment, while supporting publishers and journalists. Sponsorship integrations and experiences in live sports on Apple TV help advertisers connect with captivated audiences. Everything we do is with the unwavering commitment to privacy you expect from Apple.

Because when advertising is done right, it benefits everyone.

Advertiser Services is a diverse, global, agile engineering team that moves smart and fast by consuming and optimizing readily‑available technology, collaborating to improve and scale capabilities across businesses and use cases, and sharing our own innovative solutions so everyone can benefit. We are not constrained by organization structure and offer flexibility to work on a variety of backend systems, and we have fun doing it!

• Build the foundational pieces of the next generation of Apple’s Ad Platforms
• Collaborate with product management to define external APIs for campaign management.
• Design and implement performant services and data pipelines.
• Build shared capabilities like Authentication, Authorization etc to support multiple internal and external partners
• Implement low latency, highly‑available, high volume advertiser facing systems in a cloud environment.
• Engineer secure and scalable distributed data processing systems for campaign management.

• 10 or more years of industry experience building scalable micro services or data driven platforms.
• Strong computer science fundamentals.
• Prior experience with Java/Scala/C++ or equivalent.
• Expertise in relational data stores ( e.g Postgres or Oracle)
• Expertise in No
  
  SQL data stores ( e.g Cassandra or DynamoDB )
• Proficiency in data processing technologies (e.g Kafka, Spark, Flink )
• Familiarity with cloud paradigms ( e.g AWS or GCP )
• Proven ability to work on sophisticated problems and systems
• Strong problem solving and debugging skills.
• Have the ability to communicate effectively, both written and verbal, with technical and non-technical multi-functional teams.
• A desire to work in a fast‑paced and challenging work environment.

• Prior experience in advertising industry is a plus

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $184,700 and $324,800, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

You’ll also receive benefits including comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition.

Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

Note:

Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote 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. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.

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