DataServices Engineer - Apple Wallet, Payments & Commerce
Core
Architect, scale, and operate high-performance, highly available database systems (relational, NoSQL, streaming, search) powering Apple's financial systems at massive scale.
Role type
Senior IC DataServices Engineer (Infrastructure)
Builds
Cloud and on-premises data platforms including relational, NoSQL, streaming, and search services
Domain
Financial technology / Distributed systems
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Distributed data platforms (Cassandra, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Redis), AWS data services (Aurora, MSK, ElastiCache), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, Crossplane), Kubernetes, Python, Database internals (query optimization, cluster tuning, capacity planning), HA/DR strategies, Zero-downtime migrations
Preferred skills
Observability frameworks (Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry), AWS Managed Data Services via Crossplane, Security/compliance in financial systems, Platform migrations, Vector databases, AI-ready data infrastructure
Technologies
Cassandra, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Redis, AWS Aurora, AWS MSK, AWS ElastiCache, Terraform, Ansible, Crossplane, Kubernetes, Python, Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry
Responsibilities
Design and evolve data infrastructure across cloud and on-premises environments; Lead automation initiatives to reduce toil and increase reliability; Operate live production systems; Execute HA/DR strategies and large-scale infrastructure transitions
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC