This role is part of the CAD Infrastructure Development group, focusing on building and evolving distributed systems that support the company's products at scale. The position involves collaborating with various product and engineering teams to create scalable, event-driven platforms. The successful candidate will work on cloud-native technologies and contribute to the platform infrastructure that enhances system reliability and development velocity. This highly visible role requires a passion for technical discussions and innovative ideas.

• Minimum requirement of a BS degree and 5 years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience architecting and driving development of complex distributed systems and platform software.
• Experience in software architecture and systems design, including microservices decomposition and service contracts.
• Proficiency in backend or systems-level languages, such as Go, Java, or Python.
• Experience using container orchestration platforms, such as Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with message queues and streaming platforms, such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, NATS, or Pulsar.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems fundamentals, including consistency models and fault tolerance.
• Knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD methodologies, platforms, and tools, such as ArgoCD or Jenkins.

• Contribute to the development of distributed systems and microservices architectures.
• Collaborate with multiple product and engineering teams to implement scalable platforms.
• Design event-driven architectures and asynchronous communication patterns.
• Mentor engineers and build consensus across teams on technical decisions.
• Ensure services can efficiently handle large-scale demands.
• Improve system reliability and deliver high-quality services at scale.

• 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.