Job Details

Role Number: 200644893-0836

Summary

The Apple Data Platform team powers analytics and machine learning across Apple. Our mission is to deliver cutting-edge, reliable, and user-friendly infrastructure for data ingestion, storage, processing, and interaction, enabling teams to build data-intensive applications with ease and success.

Our team provides a fully managed Lakehouse solution powered by Apache Iceberg and the Iceberg REST Catalog, interactive querying using Trino and Druid, and data processing using Apache Spark & Flink. Our platform supports both analytical and machine learning workloads across Apple, serving key products and organizations including Siri, Search, Media, iCloud, News, Apple Intelligence, and Maps. We invest in open source technologies, and continuously innovate to meet evolving customer needs and market trends.

Description

We are seeking a Principal-level engineer passionate about building world-class infrastructure products. In this role, you will serve as a technical leader on the Data Platform team, guiding team members in both technical and professional growth. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to lead the planning, execution, and success of technical projects, with a focus on enhancing the experience for Apple’s internal customers.

The ideal candidate will have outstanding communication skills, proven data infrastructure/platform design and implementation capabilities, strong business acumen, and an innate drive to deliver results. They will be a self-starter, comfortable with ambiguity and will enjoy working in a fast-paced dynamic environment.

Minimum Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in design and development of scaling, and operation of distributed systems, including technologies like Apache Spark, Kafka, Flink, Iceberg, and Hive, along with resource management systems like Apache Mesos and Kubernetes.

• Proficient in Java or Scala.

• Proven expertise in designing and developing scalable, reliable APIs.

• A hands-on approach with a willingness to engage in daily technical work.

• Contributions to Open-Source projects like Apache Iceberg are a plus.

• Skilled at debugging complex issues in large-scale distributed systems.

• Driven by a passion for building reliable, maintainable, and user-friendly products and services.

• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across multiple teams and functions.

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

• Contributor to open source technologies like Spark or Iceberg.

• Expertise in building Lakehouse for large scale data platforms.

• Expertise in public cloud platform’s like AWS or GCP.

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. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .