Software Engineer, ASE Commerce Engineering

The Apple Services Engineering Commerce team is one of the most exciting examples of Apple’s 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 Apple’s outstanding integration of hardware, software, and services, engineers here partner to get behind a single unified vision. That vision always includes a deep dedication to strengthening Apple’s privacy policy, one of Apple’s core values. Although services are a bigger part of Apple’s business than ever before, these teams remain small, flexible, and multi-functional, offering greater exposure to the array of opportunities here.

Description

The Apple Services Engineering Commerce Engineering team manages purchases from all iOS products, including Apps, Music, and Subscriptions. This scale is truly unprecedented and requires tremendous thinking to develop new initiatives and maintain existing systems.

We are looking for a self-starting, energetic individual who is not afraid to question assumptions or charge head-first into gray areas. Excellent written and oral interpersonal skills are a must to collaborate in our cross-functional environments. The ideal candidate should have experience developing large-scale web-based applications using object-oriented languages. Excellent understanding of relational databases and data-modeling techniques are needed, and Cassandra or other NoSQL knowledge are a plus. We are primarily a Java shop.

If you like the stimulation and challenges of building systems and features exposed to hundreds of millions of transacting users, and you want to make a difference, you will find Apple Services Engineering to be a fast-paced, rewarding environment where the best engineers and scientists collaborate to deliver fantastic products and features to our customers.

This position is for a Software Engineer within the Apple Services Engineering Commerce team. The Commerce Engineering team supports all the commerce functionality of the App Store, iTunes Music Store, Apple Music, and many others. We account for each purchase across many different reporting and financial systems.

You will work on adding new integrations, scaling current data flows, and re-imagining existing processes to accommodate developing features and architectures. We offer a diverse set of products, often with dissimilar taxation, accounting and reporting requirements. These requirements are often country specific and can change quickly as legislative bodies update local laws. All of this operates on an immense scale, both in volume and business complexity. We are seeking a Java engineer with experience implementing large scale systems.

Working independently, you will drive a project from inception to production deployment with a strong focus on performance to get the most out of your systems’ designs and implementations, no matter what the scale. You will care about measuring, profiling, tuning but you will also be able to think creatively and question assumptions. You should be a phenomenal teammate and have excellent communication and presentation skills.

Minimum Qualifications

1 to 5 years experience in Object-oriented programming

Hands-on software engineering experience, particularly with Java and Service Oriented Architectures

Excellent interpersonal skills

Curiosity

Outstanding analytical problem-solving, debugging, and diagnostic skills.

Willing to take ownership and set direction, and thrive navigating any ambiguity in your projects.

BS degree, preferably in Computer Science or related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with load balancing, autoscaling, traffic shaping, distributed systems debugging, and incident response.

Proficiency with observability tooling - metrics, logs, and performance troubleshooting.

Strong commitment to automated testing, including integration, load, and end-to-end testing.

Experience working on highly scalable applications and RESTful web services;

Experience with SQL and noSQL databases and entity relationship modeling.