Backend Software Engineer

1 week ago

Seattle, Washington, United States Apple Full time

Position Overview:
Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number:
At Apple, we foster a culture where creativity and innovation thrive.

Every product we design, service we offer, or customer experience we create is a result of collaborative efforts that enhance each other's ideas.

Our shared belief in the potential to create something extraordinary drives us to make a positive impact on lives globally.

The diversity of our workforce and their perspectives fuels the innovation that permeates our operations. By embracing inclusivity, we unlock the potential to achieve remarkable outcomes. Here, you will not just be part of a team — you will contribute significantly.
Team Focus:
The Maps Experimentation Engineering group is on the lookout for a skilled software engineer with substantial backend application development experience to enhance our A/B testing platform.

Our team collaborates closely with engineers, statisticians, data scientists, product managers, and mapping specialists to refine our core product that serves millions of users daily.


Key Responsibilities:
The Apple Maps Evaluation team is seeking talented engineers.

Our responsibilities include building extensive data and computing platforms, as well as core services, to enable engineers, statisticians, and scientists to develop and test algorithms aimed at enhancing the accuracy and quality of Apple Maps' global dataset.


We oversee the A/B experimentation platform for Apple Maps, tackling complex challenges at a significant scale.

We are in search of a customer-oriented backend engineer to aid in constructing our experimentation infrastructure.

The ideal candidate will possess expertise in designing, developing, and managing large-scale backend applications and will have familiarity with A/B experimentation methodologies.


As a vital contributor to our A/B testing systems, you will collaborate with engineers, statisticians, data scientists, product managers, and mapping experts to enhance a core product that impacts millions of users worldwide.

Working within a multi-disciplinary team, you will address innovative challenges surrounding experimentation and distributed systems while prioritizing user privacy.


Qualifications:
  • Proficient in object-oriented software development, engineering best practices, and design patterns.
  • Manage critical production services with high availability and performance, implementing appropriate monitoring and alerting to identify potential issues and utilizing automation for deployment and validation to ensure safe production changes.
  • Demonstrated ability to investigate, analyze, and resolve issues within critical systems. Strong debugging skills and a solid understanding of distributed systems, backend services, and relational databases are essential.
  • Influence engineering, product, and data science teams across Maps and Apple to collaborate on experimentation systems that encompass client applications, backend services, core infrastructure, and data analytics pipelines.
  • Translate data science requirements related to statistics and analysis into functional experimentation software that enhances Apple's capacity for data-driven decision-making.

Minimum Qualifications:
Experience with Java development and managing JVMs. Familiarity with major web service frameworks (e.g., Dropwizard, Spring, Akka, Spray, Play). Experience with relational databases (e.g., Postgres, MySQL, MSSQL, Oracle). Excellent communication skills and a strong desire to engage with both technical and non-technical audiences.
Preferred Qualifications:
Understanding of object-oriented design, design patterns, and adherence to software development best practices. Knowledge of performance optimization, large-scale deployment, continuous integration, and unit testing.

Familiarity with A/B testing methodologies.


Compensation and Benefits:
At Apple, base pay is just one component of our total compensation package and is determined within a range.

This structure allows for growth as you advance in your role.

The base pay range for this position is between $115,731 and $204,000 annually, and your base pay will be influenced by your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees have the opportunity to become shareholders through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs.

Employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards and can purchase Apple stock at a discount through the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.


Additional Benefits:

Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a variety of discounted products and services, and reimbursement for certain educational expenses related to career advancement at Apple.

Additionally, this role may qualify for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation assistance. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

Note:

Apple’s benefits, 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 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.

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