Senior Backend Software Engineer, Apple Pay

Cupertino Until 9/22/2026 5+ years exp First posted July 24, 2026 Last posted July 24, 2026
Job description

Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, great ideas have a way of becoming phenomenal products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Are you passionate about building massively scalable services that surprise and delight? Do you have a natural curiosity for learning new technologies? If you are passionate about software engineering, crave building systems that run at scale, love solving meaningful problems, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, then we would love to hear from you!

Description

Apple Pay brought mobile payment to millions of customers, and it’s just the beginning. We are looking for engineers who are equally comfortable working at the bits and bytes level and designing state-of-the-art object-oriented web services. The people here at Apple don’t just build products — we craft the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that support the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts.

Minimum Qualifications

We want you to have experience with object-oriented analysis and design using languages such as Java or Kotlin.
We are looking for experience in developing scalable and distributed systems.
Experience authoring and supporting web services
Experience with Relational and NoSQL Databases
Experience with Cloud Engineering
BS degree in computer science or equivalent field, plus 5+ years of software development experience or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

MS degree with software development experience or equivalent experience
Experience/understanding of security and cryptography
Experience with EMV, tokenization, and payment security standards
Designing and implementing PCI DSS-compliant systems

About this role

Summary

Build scalable, secure backend web services for Apple Pay in a fast-paced environment.

Job title

Senior Backend Software Engineer, Apple Pay

Experience level

5+ years

Minimum experience

5+ years exp

Industry

technology

Location requirements

Cupertino, on-site only

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

object-oriented analysisJavaKotlinweb servicesrelational databasesNoSQL databasescloud engineering

Preferred skills

securitycryptographyEMVtokenizationpayment security standardsPCI DSS

Specializations

web servicesdistributed systemspayment securitycloud engineering
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Cupertino, CA, USA

On-site City