Senior Data Engineer

San Francisco Seattle Until 9/22/2026 4+ years exp First posted July 24, 2026 Last posted July 24, 2026
Job description

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you can accomplish. We are seeking an exceptional engineer with a background in large scale software development and delivery in hyper-scale distributed computing environments. You will work within cybersecurity software engineering team that drives Apache Spark’s state-of-the art features and pushes the boundaries of what is possible in our industry.

Description

Apple is seeking an extraordinary individual to work on a team supporting and developing services which underpin mission critical information security capabilities. Spark expertise is a prerequisite. While previous experience in information security is not required, a sincere drive for security and privacy is required. This role will work closely with our engineering teams and with partner teams to ensure the successful design, development, and delivery of product objectives. The successful candidate will have a passion for technical excellence and team collaboration with a heavy focus on using cutting-edge technologies to build data intensive systems, designing and optimizing data models, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve complex data challenges.

Minimum Qualifications

4 years+ demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing relational and medallion data architectures
4 Years+ demonstrated expertise in the design and implementation of production data pipelines at scale
4 Years+ demonstrated proficiency with JVM languages (Scala or Java preferred), Spark, Golang, or Swift

Preferred Qualifications

5+ years experience in data engineering and demonstrated expertise with data modeling
5+ years of experience with JVM languages: Java or Scala
5+ years experience with big data platforms
Familiarity with ML/AI workflows and feature engineering to support analytics, reporting, and machine learning use cases
Knowledge engineering expertise including semantic models and knowledge graphs
Experience working with cloud compute environments like OpenStack, AWS, and Azure
Experience mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, and contributing to technical best practices and documentation
Knowledge of data quality frameworks and validation techniques
Knowledge of data governance and compliance frameworks

About this role

Summary

Develop and optimize large-scale data pipelines and models, focusing on security and privacy.

Job title

Senior Data Engineer

Experience level

4+ years

Minimum experience

4+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

Candidates must be based in San Francisco, Seattle, or Sunnyvale.

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

relational data architecturesproduction data pipelinesScalaJavaSpark

Preferred skills

data modelingbig data platformsML/AI workflowscloud environmentsknowledge graphs

Specializations

data engineeringsparkbig datasecuritydata modeling
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

San Francisco, CA, USA

On-site City

Seattle, WA, USA

On-site City

Sunnyvale, CA, USA

On-site City