Senior Software Engineer - Apple Pay (WPC)

Summary
Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, great ideas have a way of becoming phenomenal products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. The Wallet, Payments & Commerce (WPC) team is building the world’s best software for paying,
and interacting with the world, from Apple Pay, transit, and event tickets, to digital keys and identity.
We are looking for engineers who are passionate about their craft, crave the challenge of building systems at scale, and thrive in a fast-paced environment. If you love solving meaningful problems that impact millions of people, we want to hear from you!
Description
You'll have the opportunity to tackle the intricate challenge of building resilient and reliable distributed software systems at Apple's scale. You will be given flexibility to explore creative solutions, the support of a talented and driven team, and access to
diverse technologies. You will have the autonomy and responsibility to take full ownership of your solutions.
Responsibilities
You'll join a nimble team involved in every stage of the product and software development lifecycle and will design, build, test, deliver, and maintain exceptional software that truly makes a difference. In this fast-paced environment, you'll be hands-on in all phases, and will actively shape the architecture and design of our platforms and offerings through the experience of operating, monitoring, and providing on-call support for the software you build.
As a senior member of the team, you’ll drive technical discussions, write specifications, mentor peers, review code, and produce impactful documentation. Success in this role therefore requires strong self-motivation, crisp and clear communication, a highly collaborative approach, and the ability to work effectively across teams and disciplines to define and influence engineering strategy
Minimum Qualifications
Extensive experience architecting, building, and maintaining mission-critical distributed systems at large scales.
Deep understanding of distributed systems fundamentals and trade-offs in consistency, latency, and throughput.
A commitment to engineering excellence, continuous improvement, and the curiosity to evaluate and advocate for new technologies and patterns.
An ability to communicate thoughtfully and clearly, both verbally and in writing, to drive consensus on complex technical concepts with diverse audiences, including global teams and external partners.
A track record of building and sustaining healthy long-term relationships and technical influence within your team and beyond its boundaries.
The tenacity and perseverance to lead complex projects all the way from conception to production.
No formal degree is required. What matters most is your mindset, your initiative, and your demonstrated ability to apply advanced skills to real-world applications.
Preferred Qualifications
Deep hands-on software development expertise with Java or Kotlin and Spring.
Proven development and operational experience with high-volume REST and/or gRPC services (either server-to-server or mobile client facing).
Strong experience designing for containerization and orchestration (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes).
Significant time spent architecting, building, and operating cloud-native (e.g. AWS)
applications with resilience, failover, and self-healing as core features.
Expertise in designing robust CI/CD pipelines and defining infrastructure as code.
Extensive experience with observability strategies and tools (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Datadog).
Deep understanding of modern networking and experience using traffic tools for tracing and debugging.
A fundamental appreciation for, and understanding of security, privacy, and cryptography (e.g. PKI, certificate management, JWT).
Hands-on experience optimizing SQL/NoSQL databases for scale (e.g. Aurora, DynamoDB, CockroachDB, Oracle).
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Role Number: 200694249-1052

Skills
Java, Kotlin, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, SQL, DynamoDB, Documentation

Experience
5+ yrs