Senior Software Engineer, Data Science & Analytics Platform Engineering

Apple • Austin, TX

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About The Position

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Services Data Science & Analytics Platform
Engineering team, you will design, build, and operate the backend services that
form the foundation of DS&A's data platform. This is high-stakes infrastructure
work: every downstream consumer in DS&A and Services broadly depends on what you
build. A great fit for this role is someone who thinks deeply about distributed
systems, obsesses over reliability and performance, and takes pride in building
platform primitives that other engineers love to build on.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience building and operating high-performance, production-grade backend API services
• Expert proficiency in Python, including async programming, type safety, and framework-level development (FastAPI or equivalent)
• Demonstrated experience designing and operating distributed systems with strict reliability and latency SLAs
• Strong proficiency with API design and service-to-service communication patterns (REST, gRPC, GraphQL, or equivalent)
• Hands-on experience with multi-layer caching architectures (in-process, Redis, or similar) and cache invalidation strategies
• Extensive experience building systems that integrate with distributed and high-performance data stores — Snowflake, Trino, Spark, PostgreSQL, or equivalent
• Proficiency with Kubernetes, deployment, HPA, StatefulSets, namespace management
• Strong observability practice, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, or equivalent
• BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent professional experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience building data catalog, metadata, or lineage systems
• Familiarity with Apache Iceberg or other open table formats
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline design and enforcement gates in large engineering organizations
• Familiarity with AI/ML infrastructure or experience integrating LLM-powered capabilities into platform services
• MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees