Software Engineer, Commerce Engineering

Seattle, Washington, United States Software and Services

Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there’s no telling what you could accomplish. Would you like the stimulation and challenges of building a world-class, extraordinary scalable commerce platform? If so then this is the opportunity for you at Apple!

We strive to provide a flawless purchase and subscription experience for our for millions of customers and developers. The Apple Media Products Commerce Engineering team manages purchases from all iOS products, including Apps, Music, and Subscriptions. This scale is truly unprecedented and requires tremendous thinking to develop new initiatives and maintain existing systems.

Description

We are looking for a self-starting, energetic individual who is not afraid to question assumptions or charge head-first into gray areas. If you like the stimulation and challenges of building systems and features exposed to hundreds of millions of transacting users, and you want to make a difference, you will find this team to be a fast-paced, rewarding environment where the best engineers collaborate to deliver fantastic products and features to our customers.

The Apple Media Products Commerce Engineering team supports all the commerce functionality of the App Store, iTunes Music Store, Apple Music, and many others. We account for each purchase across many different reporting and financial systems. You will work on adding new integrations, scaling current data flows, and re-imagining existing processes to accommodate developing features and architectures. We offer a diverse set of products, often with dissimilar taxation, accounting and reporting requirements.

These requirements are often country specific and can change quickly as legislative bodies update local laws. All of this operates on an immense scale, both in volume and business complexity. We are seeking a Java engineer with experience implementing large scale systems. Working independently, you will drive a project from inception to production deployment with a strong focus on performance to get the most out of your systems’ designs and implementations, no matter what the scale.

You will care about measuring, profiling, tuning but you will also be able to think creatively and question assumptions. You should be a phenomenal teammate and have excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Build high throughput java and data applications to keep up with the demands of high scale Apple commerce systems
• Debug complex issues across multiple service, infrastructure, and team boundaries
• Work collaboratively with team members across multiple teams and disciplines
• Participate in prioritization, scoping and planning activities with team members to ensure timely delivery of work
• Implement monitoring and reporting to ensure the ongoing health of implemented features
• Improve reliability and scalability of our services on an ongoing basis

Minimum Qualifications

• Object-oriented programming
• Hands-on software engineering experience, particularly with Java and Service Oriented Architectures
• Knowledge of databases both SQL and No
  
  SQL and entity relationship modeling
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• BS in Computer Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience. MS or PhD preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Willing to take ownership and set direction, especially in gray areas
• Strong sense of responsibility
• Experience programming for eventual consistency
• Experience working in a large code base
• Experience/knowledge working on highly scalable applications and RESTful web services
• Excellent judgment and integrity with the ability to make timely and sound decisions
• Interest in the commerce domain

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 $120,300 and $210,100, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and…