Principal Software Engineer - Apple Data Platform

Apple

Shanghai, ChinaFull-time2026-11-06 → 2026-11-10

Core

Design, build, deploy, and operate the Apple Data Platform in China for data, analytics, and AI workloads.

Role type

Principal Software Engineer (Platform Infrastructure)

Builds

Core platform services, infrastructure automation, and deployment tooling for the China region.

Domain

Cloud Infrastructure, Distributed Systems, Data Platform

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Large-scale distributed systems, Cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, Container orchestration, Networking, Data platform services, Infrastructure automation, Observability, Incident response, Technical strategy, Engineering leadership

Preferred skills

Data/AI/ML platforms, Spark, Ray, Kafka, Trino, Iceberg, Airflow, Public cloud (Alibaba Cloud, AWS, GCP), Private cloud, Greenfield initiatives, Regulated environments

Technologies

Java, Go, Scala, Python, C++, Kubernetes, Spark, Ray, Kafka, Trino, Iceberg, Airflow, Alibaba Cloud, AWS, GCP

About Apple

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