Apple

Staff Software Engineer, Information Systems & Technology

Apple$130K — $180K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • B.S. in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of professional software development experience; more experience preferred.
  • 5+ years in designing and shipping high-scale, secure cloud-based distributed systems with API expertise.
  • 5+ years with relational and NoSQL databases, focusing on schema design and query optimization.
  • 4+ years of Java experience, with expertise in concurrency and performance optimization.
  • Strong mastery of OOP, data structures, algorithms, and software design patterns.

Responsibilities

  • Architect, design, develop, test, document, and maintain Java code.
  • Participate in all phases of projects from planning to implementation.
  • Play a role in designing solutions and leading software projects.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including software engineers and product managers.
  • Deliver high-quality solutions and focus on timely project delivery
  • Drive improvements to Apple's internal systems and frameworks.

Benefits

  • Diversity and inclusion commitment.
  • Dynamic work environment with opportunities for impact.
  • Collaboration with a variety of teams and roles.
  • Focus on work-life balance and employee well-being.
Full Job Description
As a staff-level Software Engineer, you will architect, design, develop, test, document, improve, and maintain code mostly in Java (and other languages as needed). You will partake in every aspect of your projects, from planning to design to implementation and future iterations, and you will be encouraged to play an extended role in designing solutions, and leading software projects.

The ideal candidate is self-motivated, proactive and results-driven. Attention to detail, dedication to providing high-quality solutions modeling engineering excellence, and ability to work towards timely delivery of projects are all crucial qualities needed to work at Apple as a Software Engineer.

The ideal candidate will also possess excellent communication and collaboration skills to work with various internal and external partners, and senior leaders.

Minimum Qualifications

B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional work experience.

8+ years proven experience developing software in a professional capacity. Longer experience strongly preferred.

5+ years proven experience designing, implementing, and shipping high-scale, high-performance, highly available, fault-tolerant, and secure cloud-based distributed systems, including mastery in API design and implementation (e.g. REST, RPC, GraphQL, etc.).

5+ years proven experience using relational (e.g. Postgres, MySQL, etc.) and NoSQL (e.g. Cassandra, MongoDB, etc.) databases, including mastery in schema design, query optimization, and managing sophisticated data interactions between relational/NoSQL systems.

4+ years proven experience with Java, including mastery in concurrency, memory management, and performance optimization techniques.

Mastery in OOP principles, data structures, algorithms, and software design patterns (e.g. GoF), with a proven focus on implementing testable, maintainable, and extensible backend code.

Preferred Qualifications

Track record of leading software projects that span multiple, distributed teams as a tech lead (TL), while mentoring senior-level software engineers.

Comfortable using CI/CD tools to build, test, deploy, and release containerized software applications on cloud-based Kubernetes (e.g. AWS EKS, GCP GKE, Azure AKS, etc.).

Expertise in Java web (e.g. ServiceTalk, Spring, Dropwizard, Quarkus, Micronaut, etc.) and unit testing frameworks (e.g. JUnit, Mockito, etc.).

Experience with tooling languages (e.g. Go, Python, Ruby, etc.) and distributed orchestration & computing systems (e.g. Airflow, Spark, Flink, etc.).

Strong understanding of advanced JVM internals (e.g. garbage collection, memory allocation, JIT, JNI, etc.).

Extensive knowledge of networking concepts & protocols (e.g. HTTP/HTTPS, CDN, edge computing, load balancing, OSI model, etc.).

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

Apple Careers

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Learn more about Apple
Size
154,000 employees
Market Cap
$2,074.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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