The Senior Cloud Engineer will be part of the Wallet, Payments and Commerce Cloud Engineering team at Apple, focusing on enhancing the customer's digital wallet experience. This role involves taking ownership of complex problems and driving cross-functional solutions that support the team's growth. The engineer will lead significant pieces of the cloud platform and set technical direction on project teams. A strong emphasis on quality, security, and customer focus is essential.

• 8+ years of Cloud infrastructure and platform engineering experience with a proven track record of owning systems end-to-end in production.
• Experience building platforms and platform-as-a-product with a focus on internal developers as customers.
• Expertise in Kubernetes and Containers, with experience managing multi-tenant, multi-cluster, multi-region environments.
• Deep experience with Infrastructure as Code, specifically Crossplane and Terraform.
• Knowledge of security-first architecture with Policy as Code tools like Kyverno and OPA/Gatekeeper.
• Public cloud expertise across AWS, GCP, and/or Azure.
• Experience with GitOps and CI/CD tools such as Flux, Jenkins, and Kargo.
• Strong networking fundamentals including NATs, TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, and mTLS.
• Proficiency in Linux internals and systems-level troubleshooting.
• Experience with microservices, distributed systems, service meshes, and observability stacks.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and drive technical direction in cross-functional environments.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or 10 years of equivalent work experience.

• Independently lead significant pieces of the cloud platform.
• Set technical direction on project teams.
• Raise the bar on quality, security, and customer focus across the organization.
• Design and implement scalable cloud solutions.
• Mentor engineers and align solutions with business objectives.
• Drive cross-functional solutions to complex problems.

• 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.