Senior Server Side Software Engineer, Software Applications

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**Job Summary** Apple’s Applications team builds scalable services that power the next generation of applications on iOS and OS X. As a member of the team, you'll be responsible for building features and infrastructure for upcoming releases of the services. **Description** Apple's Applications team is seeking an energetic and self-driven Senior Server Side Software Engineer who will play a central role in the delivery of scalable services. As a member of our fast-paced group, you’ll have the unique and rewarding opportunity to shape upcoming products that will delight and inspire millions of Apple’s customers every day. **Responsibilities** * Design, develop and deploy systems and algorithms that process large data sets * Design and build stable and scalable production systems * Design and develop services using technologies such as Mesos, Cassandra, Solr, Hadoop, and Spark * Collaborate with engineering and operations teams to deliver scalable, robust, and high-performance systems

**Key Qualifications** * 5+ years of industry experience * 5+ years experience developing in Java * Strong experience building scalable backend services on platforms like Mesos and Hadoop * Proficiency with large scale data processing technologies such as Cassandra, Solr, and Kafka * Experience building stable and scalable server-side systems using distributed ?processing algorithms * Experience building data pipelines and tools using Java * Aptitude to independently learn new technologies * Excellent oral and written English communication skills **Education** * BS in Computer Science or Equivalent **Additional Requirements** * A strong sense of responsibility and obsession with quality