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Apple Principal Software Engineer Retail Foundations United States, California, Sunnyvale 963026935
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As a principal-level Software Engineer, you will architect, design, develop, test, document, improve, and maintain code mostly in Java (and other languages as needed), focusing on foundational systems, frameworks, and platforms for Retail Engineering.You will partake in every aspect of your projects, from planning to design to implementation and future iterations, and you will be encouraged to play an extended role in collaboratively designing and implementing solutions to address the requirements of a diverse set of Retail Engineering teams working on various aspects of online & in-person Apple Store experiences.
- B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional work experience. Graduate degrees preferred.
- 12+ years proven experience developing software in a professional capacity. Longer experience preferred.
- 8+ years proven experience designing, implementing, and shipping high-scale, high-performance, highly available, fault-tolerant, and secure cloud-based distributed systems, including mastery in API/RPC design and implementation.
- 8+ years proven experience using relational, NewSQL and NoSQL databases, including mastery in schema design, query optimization, and orchestrating sophisticated, transactional data interactions between databases in distributed systems.
- History of using high-performance domain-specific languages (DSLs) and associated tools to improve engineering and/or business productivity. Hands-on experience designing, and implementing such DSLs strongly preferred.
- Mastery in functional programming and OOP principles, data structures, algorithms, and software design patterns (e.g. GoF), with a proven focus on implementing testable, maintainable, and extensible code.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with mastery of long-form writing. Demonstration via presentations in public conferences and published articles strongly preferred.
- Track record of leading software projects that span multiple, distributed teams as a hands-on tech lead (TL), while mentoring staff- and senior-level software engineers.
- Proven experience with Java and at least one other high-performance backend language, including mastery in concurrency, memory management, and performance optimization techniques. Experience with multiple high-performance backend languages strongly preferred (e.g. Rust, Go, C++, TypeScript-on-server, Swift-on-server, etc.).
- Comfortable using CI/CD tools to build, test, deploy, and release containerized software applications on cloud-based Kubernetes (e.g. AWS EKS, GCP GKE, Azure AKS, etc.).
- Extensive knowledge of networking concepts & protocols (e.g. HTTP/HTTPS, CDN, edge computing, load balancing, OSI model, etc.).
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
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