Senior Software Engineer

Apple•San Diego, CA

11d

About The Position

As an engineer on our team, you will iterate quickly to create, maintain, and improve apps and backend services that empower the day-to-day work of tens of thousands of Apple employees. You’ll spend most of your time writing code, reviewing contributions from others, and collaboratively designing technical solutions. We obsess over the user experience. We strongly value creative problem-solving and continuous improvement. When we find a great technical or process solution, we adopt and adapt it across our projects. Being disciplined about our day-to-day work gives us the freedom to respond flexibly and creatively to new challenges. Our work requires significant interaction with our users, cross-functional partners, and leaders across Apple so the ideal candidate will excel at communication and collaboration in additional to technical skills.

Requirements

5+ years building backend services in Ruby, Python, or Swift
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related fields, or equivalent experience
Experience leading engineering work for complex, cross-functional projects

Nice To Haves

Solid software engineering fundamentals including architecture and OO-design patterns and functional programming.
Experience with tools, frameworks, libraries such as Kubernetes, continuous integration systems, Unix, relational or no-SQL Databases
Experience writing tests and testable code
Can investigate and debug difficult problems
Can create roadmaps and drive product vision by prioritizing excellent user experience
Passion for quality and attention to detail
Creative thinker and strong problem solver
Excellent communication and collaboration skills