Senior Software Engineer - Apple Cloud Products - iCloud Photos

San Francisco Until 9/21/2026 5+ years exp First posted July 23, 2026 Last posted July 23, 2026
Job description

There are job opportunities, and then there are career-defining moments. This might be yours. You will join a fast-paced and high growth team within the Apple Cloud organization with opportunity to have a direct impact on the company results. You will help build the team's culture, and participate in defining the technology and engineering practices. You will not only be building mission-critical backend services to support iCloud Photos on iOS, VisionOS and macOS platforms used by hundreds of millions of users worldwide, but you will work with and learn from some of the best engineers that you can only find at Apple. We’d love to hear from you!

Description

Our team is in charge of iCloud Photos, and this brings phenomenal visibility to our work. We know our product is great, but we also believe we can make it even better. We need your engineering skills as well as your product ideas to define and build the next generation of features that your friends and family are going to use.

You will get to collaborate with many engineering teams across Apple, therefore good communication and relationship-building skills are essential to your success. Having an inquisitive mind and asking questions will help you not only achieve immediate results, but also inspire new ideas for your next killer feature.

At AppleCloud, we're very invested in your personal growth. We will work with you to define your career goals and help you get closer to them with mentorship, training and education.

Minimum Qualifications

5+ 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; proficiency in planning and executing projects, including designing data models and storage systems; expertise in managing data flows, developing APIs, selecting caching strategies; and deep experience in building, deploying, and optimizing robust, scalable, and maintainable services.

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of Swift and/or Objective C is a plus.

Passion for quality with a keen eye for detail

An interest in working on consumer facing products.

About this role

Summary

Develop and maintain high-performance backend services for iCloud Photos across Apple platforms.

Job title

Senior Software Engineer - Apple Cloud Products - iCloud Photos

Experience level

5+ years

Minimum experience

5+ years exp

Industry

technology

Location requirements

San Francisco, on-site work required

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

JavaNoSQLCassandramulti-threadingAPI

Preferred skills

SwiftObjective Cconsumer products

Specializations

distributed systemsJavaNoSQLmulti-threadingAPI
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

San Francisco, CA, USA

On-site City