Senior Backend Software Engineer, Platform Engineering
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Job overview
The Senior Software Engineer will design, build, and operate backend services that underpin Apple Services Data Science & Analytics’ data platform. The role focuses on high-stakes infrastructure, distributed systems, reliability, and performance, with downstream consumers across DS&A and Services depending on the platform. The team works across product, design, engineering, marketing, editorial, legal, and business groups.
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Weekly Hours: 40
Role Number: 200657706-2459
Summary
Are you ready to make a significant impact on how one of the world's largest analytics organizations moves, serves, and governs its data? If you are passionate about building high-performance, reliable platform services at internet scale, we would love for you to apply! The Apple Services Data Science & Analytics organization drives decisions that improve the customer experience, accelerate growth, and uncover new business opportunities while respecting user privacy and adhering to regulatory policy. We work on some of the largest e-commerce and media streaming businesses in the world and have an incredible team collaborating on the best ways to improve these services for our customers! Our culture is built on rapid iteration, open debate, and independent thinking — we take calculated risks and work as analytical advisors across product, design, engineering, marketing, editorial, legal, and business teams.
Description
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.
Minimum Qualifications
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8+ years of experience building and operating high-performance, production-grade backend API services
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Expert proficiency in Python or Node.js/TypeScript — including async programming, type safety, and framework-level development (FastAPI, Express, or equivalent)
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Demonstrated experience designing and operating distributed systems with strict reliability and latency SLAs
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Strong proficiency with API design and service-to-service communication patterns (REST, gRPC, GraphQL, or equivalent)
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Hands-on experience with multi-layer caching architectures (in-process, Redis, or similar) and cache invalidation strategies
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Proficiency with Kubernetes, deployment, HPA, StatefulSets, namespace management
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BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent professional experience
Preferred Qualifications
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Experience building systems that integrate with distributed and high-performance data stores — Snowflake, Trino, Spark, PostgreSQL, or equivalent
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Observability practice, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, or equivalent
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Experience building data catalog, metadata, or lineage systems
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Familiarity with Apache Iceberg or other open table formats
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Experience with CI/CD pipeline design and enforcement gates in large engineering organizations
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Familiarity with AI/ML infrastructure or experience integrating LLM-powered capabilities into platform services
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.
How this job compares
Set against the 4,005 open Platform Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- New York median$158–230K/yr194 salary ranges
- US median$65–80/hr60 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 252 open Platform Engineer jobs in New York and 4,005 across the US. 12% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Platform Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (3,300 postings).
- Education
- 890 of the 4,005 open Platform Engineer jobs (22%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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