Apple

Principal Software Engineer - Apple Data Platform

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10 days ago
Shanghai, ChinaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Own the architecture, implementation, deployment, and operation of core Apple Data Platform services in China.
  • Design and operate highly available, scalable, secure, and observable distributed systems for data, analytics, AI, and machine learning workloads.
  • Set technical direction, engineering standards, and architectural best practices across globally distributed engineering organizations.
  • Build automation for deployment, infrastructure management, platform operations, and self-service infrastructure.
  • Partner with engineering teams across China and the United States to deliver global platform capabilities adapted to regional requirements.
  • Establish a new engineering organization and greenfield infrastructure capability in a regulated, data-residency-sensitive environment.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or platform technologies in production.
  • Demonstrated ownership of architecture and delivery for complex infrastructure or platform initiatives across multiple engineering organizations.
  • Expert-level software engineering experience in Java, Go, Scala, Python, C++, or similar programming languages.
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, Kubernetes, container orchestration, networking, and modern infrastructure platforms.
  • Experience building and operating highly available, scalable, secure, and observable production systems at scale.
  • Experience setting technical direction across software engineering, infrastructure, SRE, security, and product organizations.
  • Experience with large-scale data, analytics, AI, or machine learning platforms is preferred.
  • Experience with Kubernetes, Spark, Ray, Kafka, Trino, Iceberg, Airflow, or comparable modern data platform technologies is preferred.
  • Experience operating platforms across Alibaba Cloud, AWS, GCP, private cloud, or on-premises environments is preferred.
  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Categories

Data EngineeringDevOps
Apple

About Apple

10,000+ employees

Apple designs and sells consumer electronics, software, and services for consumers and professionals worldwide, including iPhone, Mac, iPad, Apple Watch, and AirPods, plus platforms like iOS/macOS and services such as the App Store, iCloud, Music, and TV+. Its business combines device sales with services and subscriptions and in-house silicon design. Founded in 1976, Apple is headquartered in Cupertino, California, and trades on NASDAQ as AAPL.

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