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# Senior Software Engineer, Apple Ads

- **Company:** Apple Inc.
- **Location:** Cupertino, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $184,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, C++ (Programming Language), Apache Lucene, Software Debugging, Linux, Elasticsearch, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, NoSQL, Object-Oriented Software Development, Scala (Programming Language), Search Technologies, Apache Solr, Rust (Programming Language), Data Processing, Apache Spark, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Apache Flink, Cassandra, Data Analytics, Apache Kafka, Data Management, Software Coding, Microservices
- **Published:** November 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/7_79CFE8B20BE29F0BCAEFBE64B9B83954

## About the Role

Collaboration with internal partners across indexing, search, serving, operations, and program management to define requirements and deliver high-quality solutions is essential.
You should be passionate about building products that protect user privacy and thrive in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing priorities - and have fun doing it.Minimum Qualifications6+ years of industry experience architecting and developing internet-scale server software for Linux systems, including scalable micro-services or data-driven platforms.Strong background in computer science fundamentals, including algorithms and data structures.Strong coding skills in Go, Java, Rust, C++, Scala, or a similar OOP/Functional language.Hands-on experience designing and operating scalable micro-services.Experience with search technologies such as Lucene, Solr, or Elasticsearch.
Expertise with NoSQL datastores (e.g., Cassandra).Proficiency with data processing technologies (e.g., Kafka, Spark, Flink) and methods for processing petabyte-scale datasets.Experience with AWS services such as Amazon S3, EC2, and EKS/Kubernetes.
Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.Demonstrated ability to work on complex problems and systems, alone or as part of a team, to deliver complete systems end to end.Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical cross-functional teams, including operations and project management partners.Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.Preferred QualificationsMaster's degree in Computer Science or a related field.Experience creating groundbreaking technology for algorithmic search, machine learning, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence.Experience building ad-serving, recommendation, or large-scale retrieval systems.Familiarity with real-time bidding, candidate retrieval, or ranking pipelines.Experience operating services with strict latency and availability SLOs.Familiarity with privacy-preserving system design and data-handling practices.Strong understanding