Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, great ideas have a way of becoming phenomenal products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. The Wallet, Payments & Commerce (WPC) team is building the world’s best software for paying and interacting with the world, from Apple Pay, transit, and event tickets, to digital keys and identity. We are looking for engineers who are passionate about their craft, crave the challenge of building systems at scale, and thrive in a fast-paced environment. If you love solving meaningful problems that impact millions of people, we want to hear from you! You’ll have the opportunity to tackle the intricate challenge of building resilient and reliable distributed software systems at Apple’s scale. You will be given flexibility to explore creative solutions, the support of a talented and driven team, and access to diverse technologies. You will have the autonomy and responsibility to take full ownership of your solutions. You’ll join a nimble team involved in every stage of the product and software development lifecycle and will design, build, test, deliver, and maintain exceptional software that truly makes a difference. In this fast-paced environment, you’ll be hands-on in all phases, and will actively shape the architecture and design of our platforms and offerings through the experience of operating, monitoring, and providing on-call support for the software you build. As a key member of the team, you’ll participate in technical discussions, write specifications, review code, and produce documentation. Success in this role requires strong self-motivation, crisp and clear communication, a highly collaborative approach, and the ability to work effectively across teams and disciplines.

Experience
- Hands-on software development experience with Java or Kotlin and Spring
- Development and operational experience with REST and/or gRPC services (server-to-server or mobile client facing)
- Experience building and maintaining complex software systems and a solid understanding of distributed systems fundamentals
- Experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
- Time spent architecting, building, supporting, or otherwise working on cloud-native (e.g. AWS) applications with resilience as a core feature
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code
- Experience with observability tools (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Datadog)
- Understanding of modern networking and experience using traffic tools for tracing
- Appreciation for and understanding of security, privacy, and cryptography (e.g. PKI, certificate management, JWT)
- Hands-on experience with SQL/NoSQL databases (e.g. Aurora, DynamoDB, CockroachDB, Oracle)

About you
- Passionate about your craft and eager to solve meaningful problems impacting millions
- Strong self-motivation and ability to work effectively across teams and disciplines
- Crisp and clear communication skills, both verbal and written, to discuss complex technical concepts with diverse audiences including global teams and external partners
- Highly collaborative approach and a track record of building and sustaining healthy long-term relationships within and beyond your team
- Tenacity and perseverance to drive complex projects from conception to production
- Commitment to continuous learning and curiosity for new technologies, techniques, and patterns in pursuit of engineering excellence

Qualifications
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent technical field