Backend Services Software Engineer - AppleTV
Apple
Software Engineering
San Diego, CA, USA
Posted on Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Summary
Posted:
Weekly Hours: 40
Role Number:200565385
Home Office: Yes
The Apple Services Engineering (ASE) Video team is searching for software engineer to help build large-scale systems and integrations, with a strong focus on scalability, performance, and reliability. You will join a hardworking and hands-on live streaming engineering team that champions inclusiveness, creativity, and pragmatism. We deliver highly available and performant solutions that power our best-in-class live streaming experiences across the Apple TV App ecosystem. Join an impactful, innovative team making a difference. If this excites you, join our rapidly growing team of engineers and do the best work of your career! We are looking forward to meeting you!
Description
In this role, the incumbent will work efficiently and optimally across multiple projects and teams to understand requirements and engineer highly performant and reliable implementations. You will build large scale web-based projects and features, ensuring robust and maintainable solutions are implemented with special attention to performance and scale. You will have the opportunity to design, architect, develop, and validate software integrations with internal and external partners and vendor systems through the entire SDLC, from proof-of-concept to production release. You will be working with cross-functional client teams to ensure live video features are performing as encouraged. This role will have you solving real-time live video delivery issues, under real-time pressure as well as troubleshoot complex internal and external partner and vendor integrations.
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years of industry experience
- Expertise in modern programming languages (Java, Go…)
- Expert knowledge of developing, scaling and deploying server applications with very stringent latency and availability requirements.
- Expertise designing, implementing, and using RESTful APIs.
- Experience with relational and non-relational databases (Postgres, MongoDB, Redis…).
- Experience with data interchange formats (XML, JSON…).
- Ability to successfully work with multi-functional teams to understand requirements and engineer highly performant implementations.
- Deep understanding of computer science fundamentals (algorithms, networking, data structures, design, performance…).
- Excellent problem solving and debugging skills.
- Experience working with cloud technologies: serverless, storage, containers.
- Experience working with QA/QC teams, issue tracking, and technical documentation.
- Experience writing effective unit and integration tests.
- This role will require after-hours and weekend support.
Key Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working on data pipelines (Kafka, Spark, HDFS…)
- BS/BA in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent is preferred.
Education & Experience
Additional Requirements
Pay & Benefits
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