Role Number: 200469163

• 5 or more years of Java programming experience.
• Strong Object-oriented programming
• Extensive hands-on software engineering experience, particularly with Java and Service Oriented Architectures
• Strong Knowledge of databases both SQL and NoSQL and entity relationship modeling
• Extensive experience programming for eventual consistency
• Extensive experience working in a large code base
• Extensive experience/knowledge working on highly scalable applications and RESTful web services
• Strong knowledge of scalability and performance issues
• Experience as a Senior Software Developer including self-directed design and implementation, along with a capability to mentor junior team members.
• A solid understanding of engineering-led quality and respect for unit-testing, integration testing, etc. as key components of the engineering process.
• Nice to have skills: Spark, HDFS, Cassandra, Redis, Workflow orchestration
• Nice to have skills: Prior experience with Oracle, Cassandra, Kafka, or Voldemort
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Curiosity
• Willing to take ownership and set direction, especially in gray areas
• The attitude that technical debt as an opportunity for better engineering
• Strong sense of responsibility
• Excellent judgment and integrity with the ability to make timely and sound decisions
• Interest in the commerce domain

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Would you like the stimulation and challenges of building a world-class, extraordinary scalable commerce platform? Then this is the opportunity for you at Apple! We strive to provide a flawless purchase and subscription experience for our for millions of customers and developers. The Apple Media Products Commerce Engineering team manages purchases from all iOS products, including Apps, Music, and Subscriptions. This scale is truly unprecedented and requires tremendous thinking to develop new initiatives and maintain existing systems. We are looking for a self-starting, energetic individual who is not afraid to question assumptions or charge head-first into gray areas. Excellent written and oral interpersonal skills are a must to collaborate in our cross-functional environments. The ideal candidate should have several years experience developing large-scale web-based applications using object-oriented languages. Excellent understanding of relational databases and data-modeling techniques are needed, and Cassandra or other NoSQL knowledge are a plus. We are seeking a Senior Java engineer with experience implementing large scale systems. You will work on adding new integrations, scaling current data flows, and re-imagining existing processes to accommodate developing features and architectures. We offer a diverse set of products, often with dissimilar taxation, accounting and reporting requirements. These requirements are often country specific and can change quickly as legislative bodies update local laws. All of this operates on an immense scale, both in volume and business complexity. Working independently, you will drive a project from inception to production deployment with a strong focus on performance to get the most out of your systems' designs and implementations, no matter what the scale. You will care about measuring, profiling, tuning but you will also be able to think creatively and question assumptions. You should be a phenomenal teammate and have excellent communication and presentation skills.

A BS Computer Engineering/Computer Science is required. MS preferred.

• 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 $144,500 and $250,000, 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.
  
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