Software Engineer, Data - Apple Services Engineering
Seattle,Washington,United States
Software and Services
The Apple Services Engineering (ASE) team is one of the most exciting examples of Apple's long-held passion for combining art and technology. These are the people who power the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Books. And they do it on a substantial scale, meeting Apple's high expectations with high performance to deliver a huge variety of entertainment to millions of customers. Apple Media Products Analytics is looking for an outstanding engineer to help develop an analytics platform that will generate insights into customer experiences on products such as the Apple Music, App Store, and Bookstore. Our stores reach hundreds of millions of customers around the world, and have revolutionized how people interact with their music, movies, TV shows, apps, books, and podcasts.
Description
The ASE Analytics team is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and reporting on customer experiences. From this data we generate insights into how customers interact with our products and use these insights to drive improvements to user-facing features. You will be working on a small team that highly values cooperation and brainstorming, with equal emphasis on design and implementation. You will be responsible for developing systems, tools, and visualizations to make sense of the data. We are looking for a sharp engineer who also has a keen sense of how to build good products. You are also a great teammate -- ready to engage in lively design discussions and able to give and receive constructive code reviews. Your curiosity drives you to explore new technologies and apply creative solutions to problems. The ideal candidate pays close attention to details, but also keeps sight of the bigger picture.
Minimum Qualifications
Key Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Demonstrated proficiency in data management and automation on Spark, Hadoop, and HDFS environments
Knowledge of maintaining and debugging systems in Java runtime environments (JREs)
Proficiency in Java and Scala, or/and C#, Clojure, or a similar object-oriented language
Deep understanding and strong hands on experience with multithreading, networking (including non-blocking IO), etc.
Confidence with SQL databases like Oracle and with NoSQL databases like Cassandra
Experience driving product features, functional specifications, and development schedules,
Able to represent their team and the team's technologies
Passion and prior experience designing and implementing large distributed systems
Desire to be an advocate and driver for performance optimization, automation, and unit tests
Able to pick up new technologies quickly
Excellent debugging, critical thinking, and communication skills
Tireless attention to detail
Solid documentation and technical writing skills
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Proficiency with source control systems (SVN, Git) and build tools such as Gradle, Maven, etc.
Experience with the Big-Data ecosystem (Spark, Hadoop, Hive, Pig, etc.
Experience implementing and administering logging, telemetry and monitoring tools like Splunk is a plus
Experience in cluster management/orchestration software like Mesos, Aurora or Ansible using tools such as Docker is a plus
Experience working with Cloud based environment a plus
Education & Experience
Additional Requirements
Pay & Benefits
At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $135,400 and $250,600, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.Learn more (https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html) about Apple Benefits.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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