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Sr Software Engineer, Apple Ads

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Location
Cupertino, CA
Schedule
Full-time
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Job overview

The Ad Exchange team builds a highly available, low-latency platform for privacy-preserving ads on Apple devices and supports Search and Display ads. The Senior Software Engineer will lead cross-functional engineering teams, design performant services that support growth with minimal operational overhead, and work with advertising domain experts to engineer systems for varied ad use cases.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Java, requiredMicroservice Design, nice to haveHigh-Scale Performance Tuning, nice to haveBackend Distributed Systems, nice to havePublic Cloud Technologies, nice to havePublic Cloud APIs, nice to haveCross-Functional Team Leadership, nice to have

Qualifications

5+ Years Software Engineering Experience, requiredBachelor's in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Equivalent Experience, required8+ Years Software Engineering Experience, nice to have

Full job description

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200694621-0836

Summary

At Apple, we believe in the power of technology to enrich people's lives. Everything we build is designed to empower people, including our advertising platform. We deliver ads in a way that benefits both customers and advertisers — helping people discover content, supporting creators, and protecting and respecting everyone’s privacy. Our technology makes advertising possible on the App Store, Apple News, Stocks, and Apple TV. We help developers and marketers of all sizes drive app discovery across the App Store. Our display ads on Apple News and Stocks let advertisers promote their products alongside trusted content from the world’s best journalists. Sponsorship integrations and experiences in live sports on Apple TV help advertisers connect with passionate fans. Everything we do is with the unwavering commitment to privacy you expect from Apple. Because when advertising is done right, it benefits everyone!

Description

The Ad Exchange team at Apple provides a highly available, low latency platform central to serving high quality privacy preserving Ads on Apple devices. The Ad Exchange team is also responsible for multiple business critical services and tools and support both Search and Display ads. YOU WILL:

  • Lead cross-functional engineering teams, collaborate with multiple technical and business teams across Apple, to deliver high-quality, timely solutions for Ad Exchange orchestration

  • Design and implement performant services created with the right principles to support rapid growth with minimal operational overheads

  • Work with Advertising domain experts to engineer systems that can handle a variety of Ads use cases.

Minimum Qualifications

  • At least 5 years of experience in software engineering

  • Proficiency in Java is required

  • Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or

  • equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in software engineering

  • Strong understanding of Micro-service design and high-scale performance tuning

  • Expertise in building backend distributed systems

  • Experience with creating solutions using public cloud technologies and APIs

  • Ability to work with and lead cross functional teams

  • Proficiency in Java is required

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 9,034 open Software Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 14, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • California median$190–280K/yr1,420 salary ranges
  • California median$43–55/hr120 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,896 open Software Engineering jobs in California and 9,034 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Software Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (6,893 postings).
Education
2,084 of the 9,034 open Software Engineering jobs (23%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 14, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.

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