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Job Location drjobs

Sunnyvale, CA - USA

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Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

As a principal-level Software Engineer you will architect design develop test document improve and maintain code mostly in Java (and other languages as needed) focusing on foundational systems frameworks and platforms for Retail 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 collaboratively designing and implementing solutions to address the requirements of a diverse set of Retail Engineering teams working on various aspects of online & in-person Apple Store 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 ideal candidate will also possess excellent communication and collaboration skills to work with various Retail Engineering teams and their leaders various internal and external partners and senior leaders of Apple.


  • B.S. in Computer Science Computer Engineering or a related technical field or equivalent professional work experience. Graduate degrees preferred.
  • 12 years proven experience developing software in a professional capacity. Longer experience preferred.
  • 8 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/RPC design and implementation.
  • 8 years proven experience using relational NewSQL and NoSQL databases including mastery in schema design query optimization and orchestrating sophisticated transactional data interactions between databases in distributed systems.
  • History of using high-performance domain-specific languages (DSLs) and associated tools to improve engineering and/or business productivity. Hands-on experience designing and implementing such DSLs strongly preferred.
  • Mastery in functional programming and OOP principles data structures algorithms and software design patterns (e.g. GoF) with a proven focus on implementing testable maintainable and extensible code.


  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with mastery of long-form writing. Demonstration via presentations in public conferences and published articles strongly preferred.
  • Track record of leading software projects that span multiple distributed teams as a hands-on tech lead (TL) while mentoring staff- and senior-level software engineers.
  • Proven experience with Java and at least one other high-performance backend language including mastery in concurrency memory management and performance optimization techniques. Experience with multiple high-performance backend languages strongly preferred (e.g. Rust Go C TypeScript-on-server Swift-on-server etc.).
  • 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.).
  • Extensive knowledge of networking concepts & protocols (e.g. HTTP/HTTPS CDN edge computing load balancing OSI model etc.).

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