Senior Platform Engineer, Find My

Apple • Cupertino, CA

12h

About The Position

The Find My team builds a seamless, private, and secure experience for locating devices and personal items and sharing location with friends and family. The team works across hardware, software, privacy, and other disciplines to deliver reliable experiences to hundreds of millions of users.

As Find My expands, this engineer will lead partner integrations end to end, from initial scoping and architecture through pilots and final enablement. The role bridges external technical partners with core platform engineering, product, and other cross-functional teams. A hands-on generalist, the engineer will write code, translate complex partner requirements into scalable solutions, build proofs of concept, guide pilot integrations, establish operational processes, tooling, and documentation, and influence the platform roadmap using real-world partner feedback.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of software development experience with one or more modern programming languages, such as Python, Swift, Java, or TypeScript.
• Ability to adopt new technologies quickly.
• Track record of leading technical partner engagements and navigating ambiguity to deliver prototypes, reference architectures, and documentation.
• Deep technical understanding of REST/gRPC APIs, webhooks, event streaming, modern authentication protocols such as OAuth and mTLS, and cloud/distributed systems.
• Experience leveraging modern AI-assisted tools to accelerate prototyping, process automation, and daily productivity.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including presenting technical concepts to engineering teams and non-technical stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience launching early-stage developer platforms or API products from zero to one.
• Track record of building reference implementations, technical documentation, and repeatable processes to scale platform adoption and mature early-stage products.
• Strong product and developer-experience sensibility, including synthesizing partner feedback and telemetry into actionable product requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical partner integrations from initial scoping and architecture through pilots and final enablement.
• Bridge external technical partners with core platform engineering, product, and other cross-functional teams.
• Build high-impact proofs of concept and guide pilot integrations.
• Establish foundational operational processes, tooling, and documentation.
• Translate partner requirements and feedback into scalable solutions and actionable platform roadmap input.
• Build reference implementations, technical documentation, and repeatable processes to scale platform adoption.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior