Sr. Software Engineer, App Processing Infrastructure

Sr. Software Engineer, App Processing Infrastructure

Seattle, Washington, United States Software and Services

The Apple Services Engineering team is one of the most exciting examples of Apple’s long-held passion for combining art and technology. These are the people who power the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Books. And they do it on a massive scale, meeting Apple’s high expectations with high performance to deliver a huge variety of content in over 35 languages to more than 150 countries.

These engineers build secure, end-to-end solutions. They develop the custom software used to process all the creative work, the tools that providers use to deliver that media, all the server-side systems, and the APIs for many Apple services. Thanks to Apple’s unique integration of hardware, software, and services, engineers here partner to get behind a single unified vision. That vision always includes a deep commitment to strengthening Apple’s privacy policy, one of Apple’s core values.

Though services are a bigger part of Apple’s business than ever before, these teams remain small, nimble, and cross‑functional, offering greater exposure to the array of opportunities here.

We are looking for a forward-thinking self‑starter to join our App Processing team within Apple Services Engineering. Our team owns the systems and pipelines that validate, ingest, sign, thin, and process every app uploaded to the App Store. Few teams have as broad an involvement in Apple’s product pipeline as ours. We are a highly collaborative group with deep knowledge of software engineering and a shared commitment to building resilient, high‑performance, and maintainable systems.

In this role, you will:

• Design and implement the processing logic for apps that exercise new capabilities in future devices and upcoming versions of iOS, tvOS, visionOS, and macOS.
• Build functionality that analyzes apps on ingest, extracting and storing metadata displayed on the App Store and used in its review and curation processes.
• Enhance the workflows by which apps are thinned, encrypted, signed, and packaged for distribution to Test Flight and the App Store.

We are looking for someone who is not afraid to question assumptions, thrives under tight deadlines, and brings excellent communication and collaboration skills to the team. Does this sound like you? Join our team!

• 5+ years of current and industry backend engineering experience in Java, Rust, C#, or Swift
• Strong foundation in object‑oriented design and programming
• Experience shipping a substantial area of functionality end-to-end into production
• Experience building application server components and services
• Experience with relational database schema design (e.g., Oracle)
• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or equivalent work experience

• Experience deploying software on elastic platforms such as Kubernetes, EC2, or Mesos
• Experience integrating with Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
• Familiarity with wide‑column or distributed data stores such as Cassandra

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 $175,000 and $308,500, 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…