Core Services Media API Engineer - Apple Services Engineering

Cupertino, United States of America💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-14 → 2026-09-28

Core

Building scalable server systems and APIs for Apple client applications (Music, TV, Arcade, App Store) and developer tools (MusicKit).

Role type

Senior Software Engineer (Backend/API)

Builds

Large-scale distributed data stores, RESTful APIs, and developer-facing SDKs

Domain

Consumer media services, distributed systems

Required skills

JVM or functional languages (Clojure), RESTful API design, NoSQL/document stores, object-oriented design, data structures and algorithms, performance optimization (median/95th/99th percentile)

Preferred skills

Unit and integration testing, debugging, critical thinking

Technologies

Apache Solr, Redis, Memcached, Cassandra, Voldemort, MongoDB

Responsibilities

Design and implement scalable server systems, enhance MusicKit APIs for developers, optimize web service performance metrics, collaborate with cross-functional teams

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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