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Backend Engineer, QoS Apple Services EngineeringJoin the team that serves as the central nervous system for Apple's services. We build and operate the large-scale observability platforms that monitor the health of Apple TV, the App Store, Apple Music, iCloud, Podcasts, Fitness

• , and more, ensuring the experience is as reliable and delightful as our customers expect. This is a software engineering role where you will build the tools that proactively identify and diagnose service disruptions across Apple's global cloud infrastructure. This is a unique opportunity to see how all of Apple's services work, with the freedom to make a significant impact. Our real-time data pipelines and services are the first to detect potential issues, and the analytics we generate provide the trusted record of service health, delivering critical insights that inform executive-level decisions. We created this capability from the ground up, and as Apple's services continue to grow, our team is expanding to provide this same level of insight for new and massive lines of business. This position is based at our Apple campus in San Diego, CA.

You will join a growing team in a city famous for its vibrant culture, beautiful beaches, and exceptional quality of life.

What you will do

Contribute to the design, development, and scaling of critical backend services and real-time data pipelines that process petabytes of data from across Apple's cloud infrastructure.

Help build the definitive tools and interfaces that Apple engineers will use to ensure their services are reliable. Your work will be the lens through which they see service health.

Collaborate closely with teams across Apple services (Music, Video, Games, etc.) to understand their needs and provide observability for new and expanding lines of business.

Tackle complex challenges, learn to navigate ambiguity, and work with the team to deliver real impact.

Learn from and mentor other engineers, fostering a team culture of psychological safety, collaboration, and continuous growth.

As you grow in your career, you will have opportunities to guide technology choices, influence complex architectures, and take on broader challenges.

This role is not just about maintaining systems; it's upholding the integrity of the Apple experience. The code you write and the systems you build will ensure that when someone discovers a new song, watches a live game, or downloads an app, the experience is seamless and reliable. At Apple, where phenomenal ideas quickly become extraordinary customer experiences, you will be a guardian of the trust our customers place in us every day.

A chance to make a real impact on services that define the future of entertainment and technology for millions of people.

A community built on the belief that diverse backgrounds and perspectives are essential to innovation.

An environment that encourages deep focus and creative partnership, giving you the space to solve hard problems individually and the opportunity to build with a team of brilliant and dedicated engineers.

Opportunities for professional growth, including dedicated mentorship, technical guidance from industry-leading experts, and the ability to expand your skills across different parts of the services stack.

A commitment to your well-being, with genuine support for a healthy and sustainable work-life balance.

Core Backend & Systems Engineering

Experience building and scaling high-performance backend services and APIs (e.g., GraphQL, REST, gRPC). We primarily use JVM languages (Java, Scala, Kotlin) but value polyglot engineers with experience in Go, Python, or Swift.

Experience designing and building large-scale data pipelines for batch or stream processing using frameworks like Apache Spark or Apache Flink.

Proficiency in designing and building cloud-native, distributed systems, with experience in microservices, container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), and event-driven patterns (e.g., Kafka).

Strong fundamentals in data systems, with experience using both relational and NoSQL databases.

A commitment to building high-quality software and owning it from start to finish, demonstrated through practices like thorough testing, effective CI/CD, and performance tuning.

Experience with modern observability practices and tooling (e.g., Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus), with a talent for diagnosing and troubleshooting complex issues in large-scale systems.

A strong understanding of security fundamentals and a commitment to building secure, resilient software.

A passion for mentoring other engineers and fostering a team culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.

A passion for product excellence and for deeply understanding customer needs to build better solutions.

Curiosity for applying emerging technologies, like generative AI, to solve engineering challenges.

A track record of building and delivering exceptional software. This can come from a variety of places: a related technical degree, a non-traditional educational path, or equivalent practical experience.

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.