Job description

As a senior backend engineer on this team, you'll build the distributed services and event-driven pipelines that ingest, process, and serve content at massive scale to support Apple News and related apps. You'll lead projects from design through launch: defining architecture, modeling data for performance and growth, and making sure systems stay reliable in production. Beyond your own code, you'll drive technical decisions across partner teams, and use modern tools, including AI-assisted development, to raise the bar for how the team builds software. Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or similar technical discipline (or equivalent relevant experience) 5-10 years of demonstrated experience in shipping scalable, maintainable, and testable backend systems Strong background in Java and Spring for backend service development Demonstrated ability to design and build high-scale, distributed backend services with event-driven architectures and pipelines (e.g., Kafka) Solid experience with data stores, including data modeling and schema design for production systems Track record of strong problem-solving abilities in complex technical environments Effective use of AI-assisted development tools to speed up design, coding, and testing with high quality Strong communication and collaboration skills in a team-oriented environment Proven experience as the technical lead for a team of engineers - setting architecture and direction, mentoring others, and raising the bar for engineering quality Hands-on experience with distributed NoSQL databases, especially Apache Cassandra, including query-driven data modeling, partitioning, and performance tuning. Experience in search technologies such as Apache Solr Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins) and build tools (e.g., Gradle, Bazel)

Requirements

Must-haves

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or similar technical discipline (or equivalent relevant experience)
5-10 years of demonstrated experience in shipping scalable, maintainable, and testable backend systems
Strong background in Java and Spring for backend service development
Demonstrated ability to design and build high-scale, distributed backend services with event-driven architectures and pipelines (e.g., Kafka)
Solid experience with data stores, including data modeling and schema design for production systems
Track record of strong problem-solving abilities in complex technical environments
Effective use of AI-assisted development tools to speed up design, coding, and testing with high quality
Strong communication and collaboration skills in a team-oriented environment
Proven experience as the technical lead for a team of engineers - setting architecture and direction, mentoring others, and raising the bar for engineering quality
Hands-on experience with distributed NoSQL databases, especially Apache Cassandra, including query-driven data modeling, partitioning, and performance tuning.
Experience in search technologies such as Apache Solr
Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins) and build tools (e.g., Gradle, Bazel)

Nice-to-haves

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Keywords to mirror

aijavaci/cd

Platform: apple
Effort: medium