Software Data Engineer – Analytics Engineering

Summary

Posted: Oct 25, 2021
Weekly Hours: 40
Role Number:200305186

The Apple Media Products Engineering team is one of the most exciting examples of Apple’s long-held passion for combining art and technology!

These are the people who power the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, and Apple Books.

And they do it on a massive scale, meeting Apple’s high expectations with high performance to deliver a huge variety of entertainment in over 35 languages to more than 150 countries!

These engineers build secure, end-to-end solutions.

They develop the custom software used to process all the creative work, the tools that providers use to deliver that media, all the server-side systems, and the APIs for many Apple services.

Thanks to Apple’s unique integration of hardware, software, and services, engineers here partner to get behind a single unified vision.

That vision always includes a deep commitment to strengthening Apple’s privacy policy, one of Apple’s core values.

Although services are a bigger part of Apple’s business than ever before, these teams remain small, forward-thinking, and cross-functional, offering greater exposure to the array of opportunities here.

Key Qualifications

5+ years of programming experience
Proven understanding on the following distributed data processing platforms: Spark, Hadoop
Solid understanding of HBase, Kafka, Java Map Reduce or Scala
Experience developing new algorithms and data structures to process large scale data efficiently
Distributed Algorithms to process and mine data, e.g.

Map Reduce Algorithm
Able to gather multi-functional requirements and translate them into practical engineering tasks
Graph, Data classification and clustering algorithms in distributed environment
Good debugging, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills
Knowledge in engineering machine learning, feature engineering systems is desired
Ability to stay focused and prioritize a full workload while achieving extraordinary quality

Description

The Apple Mediate 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 future 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 & Experience

Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business Information Systems, or equivalent work experience.

Apple is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity.

We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

Additional Requirements