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 substantial scale, meeting Apple's high expectations with dedication to deliver a huge variety of entertainment 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 dedication to strengthening Apple's privacy policy, one of Apple's core values. Although services are a bigger part of Apple's business than ever before, these teams remain small, forward-thinking, and multi- functional, offering greater exposure to the array of opportunities here

As a software engineer on the Apple Services Engineering (ASE) Core Services team, you'll create and enhance features that elevate the customer experience for millions of users worldwide. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you'll work on large-scale systems, leveraging distributed data stores with a focus on scalability and performance. We foster creativity, engineering excellence, and innovation to make a meaningful impact.

Description
You will be part of the server team that powers customer-facing features within the Apple client applications - Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, Apple TV, App Store, Apple Arcade, Fitness+ etc. You will be working multi-functionally with various teams across Apple to deliver some really exciting features to our customers. Thinking about service performance is a constant thing for us, and we are searching for someone like-minded. If you are used to thinking about performance in terms of median, 95th percentile and 99th percentile, then we are looking for you! You would be someone who is not afraid to question assumptions, is a phenomenal teammate under tight deadlines and seeks problems with sophisticated technical solutions.

Preferred Qualifications
Multiple years of experience developing and scaling high-availability, low-latency distributed systems

Experience in designing and implementing RESTful APIs or other API technologies.

Exceptional problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills.

Expertise in writing robust unit and integration tests

Familiarity with NoSQL technologies, including but not limited to Solr/Lucene, Redis, Memcached, Cassandra, and Voldemort

Minimum Qualifications
Bachelors or Master's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent technical discipline.

At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience

Proficiency in JVM languages like Java, Scala, Clojure or other object oriented programming languages such as C++, GoLang, C# etc.

Strong object oriented programming skills with deep knowledge of data structures and algorithms.