Apple Sports is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Sports Backend Infrastructure team. This role focuses on designing, developing, and maintaining real-time data services that process and distribute sports data at scale. The engineer will work with a team of world-class engineers to create reliable and high-performance systems. This position offers an opportunity to shape the sports experience for millions of users worldwide.

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience in building and deploying scalable, distributed systems.
• Strong proficiency in Java with experience in both Object-Oriented and Functional programming principles.
• Solid understanding of concurrency control mechanisms, fundamental data structures, and efficient algorithm design.
• Hands-on experience with databases such as Cassandra and Redis, and stream processing platforms like Kafka.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience building and optimizing real-time data pipelines, including data ingestion, transformation, and delivery.
• Practical experience with container orchestration using Kubernetes and building/maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with stream processing frameworks and associated best practices.
• Passion for sports and the sports data ecosystem.
• Self-motivated with strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, agile environment.

• Design, develop, and maintain highly available real-time data services.
• Ingest, process, and distribute sports data at massive scale.
• Build and optimize high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems.
• Ensure exceptional performance, reliability, and scalability of systems.
• Leverage industry-standard best practices for distributed architectures.
• Collaborate with engineers to deliver impactful features.
• Execute on the technical roadmap of the Sports team.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.

• Employees at Apple are often offered comprehensive benefits that support physical and mental well-being—flexible medical plans, confidential counseling, onsite wellness centers at major campuses, and resources for fitness and daily life. Families typically receive fertility support, paid parental leave with gradual return, caregiving leave, and dependent-care guidance, while financial perks commonly include stock grants (with purchase discounts), 401(k) matching, and income-protection coverage. Employees also see robust time off, Apple University learning and tuition reimbursement, donation matching and paid volunteer hours, and deep product and partner discounts.