• 5+ years of hands-on experience in big-data field: HDFS, Spark, SQL, Airflow, Kafka, batch & streaming.
• Proven track record designing, launching and scaling production quality data pipelines.
• Excellent knowledge of Scala or Java.
• Deep understanding of computer science fundamentals: complexity and data structures.
• Experience with critically important and high performance distributed systems.
• Excellent communication skills, teamwork, and proven ability to work in a multi-functional environment.

This is a software engineering position. We write robust code, not just ad-hoc scripts. Our software process dozens of terabytes of data on daily basis. Our volumes are on a petabytes scale. Our jobs and applications must be efficient, scalable, and stable. Although we write software, data is our main product and first-class citizen. We care about correct and qualitative data as much as we care about fine, clean, and manageable code. We are data curators and data governors. The data we produce power Apple leadership and partners about new innovations and the next big things. To succeed here you’ll need to be a proponent of building world-class analytical solutions. To be a part of the team means we will want your ideas, concerns, and opinions in our discussions. We are highly collaborative. To join us in our next industry-leading software project you will be expected to be part of our very impactful multi-functional team. Thanks to Apple’s unique integration of hardware, software, and services, engineers here partner to get behind a single unified vision. That vision always includes a deep commitment to strengthening Apple’s privacy policy, one of Apple’s core values. Although services are a bigger part of Apple’s business than ever before, these teams remain small, forward-thinking, and multi-functional, offering greater exposure to the array of opportunities here.

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in Engineering, Computer Science, and Business Information Systems. Apple is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

• 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 $115,000 and $217,500, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
  
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