This role involves architecting and evolving the digital identity platform that powers IDs in Wallet at Apple. The team focuses on building services that enhance user privacy and reliability while integrating with distributed systems and cryptography. You will work closely with server and client teams to design and build APIs for partner onboarding and digital credential management. The position requires a commitment to engineering excellence and the ability to influence architectural decisions across teams.

• 10+ years of industry experience as a software engineer, including 3+ years as a tech lead or architect.
• Extensive experience architecting, building, shipping, and scaling mission-critical distributed systems on the JVM.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems fundamentals and trade-offs in consistency, latency, throughput, and failure modes.
• Strong DevOps and platform engineering experience, including containerization and orchestration.
• Significant hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases at scale.
• Solid understanding of security, privacy, and applied cryptography.
• Experience with Java/Kotlin, Spring, and gRPC.
• Proven experience onboarding and integrating with external partners.

• Help architect and evolve the digital identity platform.
• Design and build services and APIs for partner onboarding and digital credential proofing.
• Ensure scalability and resilience as new features and partner integrations are added.
• Drive architecture and technical roadmaps across multiple engineers and services.
• Influence architectural and cross-functional decisions.
• Build strong working relationships across teams and drive complex projects from conception to production.

• 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.