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Sr. Software Backend Engineer, App Processing Team

Apple
Seattle, WA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/11/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/11/2025

Summary

Posted:
Weekly Hours: 40
Role Number:200594494
The Apple Services Engineering team is one of the most exciting examples of Appleʼs 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 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 Appleʼs 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 Appleʼs privacy policy, one of Appleʼs core values. Although services are a bigger part of Appleʼs business than ever before, these teams remain small, nimble, and cross-functional, offering greater exposure to the array of opportunities here.

Description

We are looking for a forward thinking self-starter to join our App Processing team. Our team, part of the Apple Services Engineering organization, is responsible for engineering and running the systems and pipelines that process apps uploaded to the App Store. This is a hands-on engineering role on the team whose software validates, ingests, thins, signs and performs other processing of apps to the App Store. There are very few teams that have the breadth of involvement in Apple's product pipeline across the board as that exercised by this team! We are a highly collaborative group of engineers with a wide variety of experiences and abilities, deep knowledge of software engineering and passionately committed to building resilient, highly performant and maintainable systems that serve our customers' needs as they evolve. You will participate in crafting and implementing logic for ingesting apps that demonstrate new features in future devices and upcoming versions of iOS, tvOS and macOS. You will implement functionality that analyzes apps on ingest, extracting and storing information displayed on the App Store, and used in the App Store's review and curation processes. You will implement enhancements and improvements to the workflow by which apps are thinned, encrypted, signed, and otherwise processed for distribution to TestFlight and the App Store. We are hiring a self starting, high-energy individual who is not afraid to question assumptions and has excellent interpersonal skills. We look for extraordinary teammates who are able to tackle problems under tight deadline constraints and deliver imaginative solutions. Does this sound like you? Join our team!

Minimum Qualifications

  • At least 5 years hands-on experience with Java, Rust, C# or Swift in a backend system Expertise in Object Oriented Design and Programming
  • Experience in taking a reasonably large area of functionality live into Production
  • Experience in building application server components and services
  • Experience in schema design for a high-performance database like Cassandra Experience in schema design for a relational database like Oracle
  • Experience deploying software on elastic platforms such as Kubernetes is a huge plus
  • Experience in integrating with Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is a huge plus
  • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.

Key Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience deploying software on elastic platforms such as Kubernetes, EC2, Mesos, etc.
  • Experience in integrating with PKI

Education & Experience

Additional Requirements

Pay & Benefits

  • 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 $135,400 and $250,600, 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 relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

    Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

  • Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.

Salary : $135,400 - $250,600

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