Senior Software Data Engineer - App Store

Company: Apple
Location: Seattle
Posted on: January 15, 2022

Job Description:

SummaryPosted: Oct 6, 2021Weekly Hours: 40Role Number:200293606When this team introduced the App Store, it launched a cultural and economic phenomenon that changed the way people live, work, and play. These engineers continue to innovate the platform, now home to over 1.5 million apps "-- - - each created using the team's own software development kit and related services. All those apps mean the store takes billions of requests from more than 500 million visitors every week, across iOS, macOS, tvOS, iPadOS, and watchOS. To deliver such a rich experience at this scale, the engineers build high- performance systems backed up by persistent systemwide A/B testing. And to help people discover apps they love, the team uses machine learning techniques that include natural language processing to develop new algorithms for personalization, search, and recommender systems. In a world where apps have become essential in people's daily lives, the App Store team has become essential to Apple's business.Key Qualifications7 - 10+ years of programming experience in Java, Scala or PythonProficiency with SQL databases and NoSQL databases like CassandraProficiency in distributed data processing using big data technologies like Spark, Spark Streaming, Hadoop, TrinoExpertise in Hadoop related technologies such as HDFS, Azakaban, HMSExperience developing new algorithms and data structures to process large scale data efficientlyAble to gather multi-functional requirements and translate them into practical engineering tasksGood debugging, critical thinking, and interpersonal skillsAbility to stay focused and prioritize a full workload while achieving extraordinary qualityDescriptionThe Apple Media Products Analytics team is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and reporting on customer experience data. From this data we generate insights into how customers interact with our products, and use these insights to drive improvements to user-facing features. As a member of the Data Engineering team, you will have significant responsibility and influence in shaping its strategic direction. This role is inherently cross-functional and the ideal candidate will work across disciplines. We are looking for someone with a love for data and ability to iterate quickly on all stages of data pipeline. This position involves working on a small team to develop large scale data pipelines and analytical solutions using Big Data technologies. Successful candidates will have strong engineering skills and communication, as well as a belief that data driven processes lead to phenomenal products.Education & ExperienceBachelors or Master's degree in Computer Science, related field or equivalent experience. Apple is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. Apple does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.Additional Requirements

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