Software Engineer - Early Career (Backend/Data)

Apple • Full-time • New York, NY, US • 14h ago

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

Ads Engineering builds ad tech the Apple way—privacy-preserving, user-centric, and built to scale. Our infrastructure supports massive real-time demand with low latency, precision, and global reach. Our work spans distributed systems, large-scale data infrastructure, LLMs, and Generative AI. We design and build best of breed systems for dealing with our complex and ever-growing platform needs that help deliver highly optimized advertising content to consumers.

We are excited to open applications for an early-career software engineer. This shared hiring process is designed to identify strong entry-level talent for our backend and data engineering teams. Candidates will complete a common interview process focused on core fundamentals and programming ability. Those who advance will then enter a team-matching phase, where they’ll be aligned with a specific team based on skills, interests, and business needs.

Responsibilities

Contribute to the design, implementation, and testing of backend services and data pipelines.
Write clean, reliable, and efficient code in languages such as Java, Scala, or C++.
Collaborate with cross functional teams including Product Management, Data, SRE, etc. to design and implement systems that can handle a variety of Ads use cases. Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product, Data, SRE, etc.) to support features from prototype to production.
Participate in code reviews, debugging, and performance tuning.
Learn best practices for building systems that are scalable, secure, and low-latency.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (Master’s a plus).
At least 1 year of relevant experience (including internships, research, or equivalent projects).
Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, problem solving).
Programming experience with Java, Scala, C++, or a similar language.
Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or equivalent).
Strong problem solving and debugging skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Proficiency in Java
Prior internship or academic project experience with backend distributed systems or data processing (e.g., Kafka, Spark, Flink).
Exposure to relational and/or non-relational databases.
Knowledge of building or maintaining services in a cloud environment.
Passion for learning, growth, and collaboration in a fast-paced environment.
Prior experience in advertising industry is a plus Prior experience in advertising technology is a plus, but not required.

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 $126,800 and $220,900, 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 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.

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.

Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.

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