This role is an opportunity to join a fast-paced team within the Apple Cloud organization, focusing on building mission-critical backend services for iCloud Photos across multiple platforms. You will have a direct impact on the company's results and help shape the team's culture and engineering practices. The position emphasizes collaboration with various engineering teams and encourages innovative product ideas. Personal growth is a priority, with support for mentorship, training, and education.

• 5+ years of proven experience in crafting, developing, and maintaining high-performance distributed systems and services using Java.
• Experience in NoSQL databases such as Cassandra.
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals and multi-thread programming experience.
• Curiosity for independently learning new technologies.
• Knowledge of Swift and/or Objective C is a plus.

• Build and maintain backend services to support iCloud Photos on iOS, VisionOS, and macOS platforms.
• Collaborate with engineering teams across Apple to enhance product features.
• Define and build the next generation of features for consumer-facing products.
• Plan and execute projects, including designing data models and storage systems.
• Manage data flows, develop APIs, and select caching strategies.

• 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.