Senior Platform Engineer - Insight Engineering, Enterprise Technology Services

Position: Senior Platform Engineer - Insight Engineering, Enterprise Technology Services.

Senior Platform Engineer - Insight Engineering, Enterprise Technology Services.

Elk Grove, California, United States Software and Services

Do you want to join a team that is critical to the success of Apple? Become a part of the responsibility for the data collection (in Peta Bytes) and reporting for all of Apple’s hardware products around the world. We shape the next generation of customer data solutions by working on cutting‑edge technologies and collaborating with talented teams across Apple. Our systems enable Apple engineering and operations teams to build the next ground‑breaking product.

You'll be joining our diverse and talented team to summarize, simplify, and solve complex problems in our global ecosystem. We advance technology by relying on each other's strengths and skills to build something bigger than ourselves. For this reason, team culture is central to our values. We value social skills and integrity as much as technical craft. We are looking for an extraordinary engineer with experience building large‑scale data platforms, analytic tools and solutions which can help take our environment to the next level.

Do you excel in a high‑demand setting and exceed expectations, in an environment that requires time‑management? The right person will prioritize tasks and complete assignments ahead of schedule. While being a great standout colleague, you will also work independently.

Description

As a member of a multi‑functional team, you'll have the opportunity to solve challenging software engineering problems across a broad range of Apple manufacturing services. Architect and design cloud‐native applications using microservices, serverless computing, containers, and APIs. Partner with product owners and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical designs. Collaborate with Dev Ops/SRE teams to establish CI/CD pipelines and automated testing for cloud apps.

Ensure application performance, scalability, and security in line with enterprise standards. Evaluate new cloud services, frameworks, and tools to accelerate application development. Adjust communication content and style to meet the needs of diverse stakeholders. Ensures that different experiences, styles, backgrounds, and perspectives are leveraged appropriately.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software/application development, with 3+ years in cloud‑native application architecture.
• Proficiency in at least one major programming language (Java, Scala, Python, or Go).
• Experience with multi‑cloud platform (AWS/GCP) development, and related cloud services (e.g. AWS Lambda).
• Experience with container platforms (Docker, Kubernetes).

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong grasp of microservices, APIs and messaging/streaming (Kafka, Solace, Pub/Sub), and distributed systems.
• Confirmed understanding of design and development of large scale, high throughput and low latency applications.
• Experience with distributed data processing frameworks like Spark or Flink.
• Experience in handling architectural and design considerations such as performance, scalability, reusability and flexibility issues.
• Hands‑on with CI/CD tools and Infrastructure as Code.
• Understanding of cloud security, identity management, and compliance in application design.
• Flexibility with a creative approach to problem solving.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• You apply others’ diverse experiences, styles, backgrounds, and perspectives to get results.
• You can contribute to a work climate where differences are valued and supported.
• BS or MS in Computer Science preferred; equivalent work experience considered.

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 $162,500 and $244,600, 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…