Sr. Backend Software Engineer, Creativity Apps

About the position

At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming phenomenal products, services, and customer experiences very quickly! As a member of our Creativity Apps team, you will help shape the next generation of applications and tools by working with pioneering technologies. This is a great opportunity to be part of a team where you will play a key role in setting the direction and architecture of the backend system and services. You will work with cross-functional teams, QA teams and to go beyond code and influence everything from the system design to project planning. This project is highly visible, and highly impactful opportunity!

Responsibilities

• Help shape the next generation of applications and tools by working with pioneering technologies.
• Play a key role in setting the direction and architecture of the backend system and services.
• Work with cross-functional teams and QA teams to influence system design and project planning.
• Develop and enhance backend pipelines and services.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or similar technical discipline
• 7+ years of demonstrated experience in shipping scalable, maintainable, and testable backend systems
• Expertise in Java and Spring
• Extensive experience working with NoSQL data stores such as Cassandra and Solr
• Experience with message or event driven architectures (such as Kafka)
• Experience delivering high quality software at scale
• Strong analytical and problem solving abilities, with a proven ability to troubleshoot and optimize complex systems
• Ability to communicate effectively and collaborate with partner teams
• Committed to encouraging an open and inclusive work environment

Nice-to-haves

• Experience serving as a technical lead, and designing and building backend services for large scale systems while demonstrating the ability to articulate technical concepts
• Familiarity with version control systems like Git, and CI/CD tools (such as Jenkins), and build tools (such as Gradle and Bazel)
• Prioritizes unit, integration, and end-to-end tests as part of development

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Retirement benefits
• A range of discounted products and free services
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition
• Opportunity to participate in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs
• Eligibility for discretionary restricted stock unit awards
• Ability to purchase Apple stock at a discount through Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Potential for discretionary bonuses or commission payments
• Relocation assistance