Sr. Platform Software Engineer, AI & Data Platforms (AiDP)

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain API-driven microservices to manage the full lifecycle of PostgreSQL database clusters at scale. Ensure high reliability, observability, and automation for critical services across Apple's infrastructure.

Requirements

Requires 5+ years of software development experience with a focus on building highly available platform infrastructure and API-driven services. Proficiency in Python and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field are essential.

Skills

• Python
• PostgreSQL
• Microservices
• API Development
• Cloud APIs
• Observability
• Monitoring
• Automation
• Database Lifecycle Management
• Reliability Engineering
• Java
• Kotlin
• C++
• Generative AI
• Machine Learning
• Data Platforms

About this role

The people here at Apple don’t just build products — they build the kind of
wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those
people and their ideas that encourages the innovation that runs through
everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental
efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it.
Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, extraordinary ideas have a way of
becoming industry leading products, services, and customer experiences very
quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what
you could accomplish. Our engineers develop and maintain Apple’s relational
database platform — hosting PostgreSQL databases that power some of Apple’s most
important workloads across Services, Manufacturing, AIML, and beyond. You’ll
join a team building the automation layer that makes this possible: secure,
API-driven services that manage the full lifecycle of database clusters at
scale. This is product engineering — you’ll ship the platform that
highly-visible Apple services depend on, and your work will directly impact
reliability for millions of users worldwide. AI & Data Platforms (AiDP) is
IS&T's engine for AI-powered innovation. The team brings together data,
application development, and machine learning — including generative AI — along
with data services and customer success functions, to help IS&T build solutions
more efficiently and streamline the adoption and embedding of generative AI
across Apple.

DESCRIPTION

The team develops highly reliable, API-driven micro services to manage the full
lifecycle of PostgreSQL databases at Apple: provisioning, scaling, patching,
failover, and decommissioning, while ensuring deep observability, durability,
and automation for our customers. Maintaining and enhancing monitoring and
alerting is equally important for the role. Understanding core reliability
concepts - observability, monitoring, alerting, fault tolerance,
auto-remediation and a drive to push the boundaries of what’s automatable will
help you succeed here.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

5+ years of software development experience Experience building highly available
software services or platform infrastructure Experience designing, building, and
maintaining API-driven micro services Proficient in Python or optionally Java,
Kotlin, or C/C++ Bachelor's in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or
equivalent work experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience building and interacting with Cloud APIs (AWS, GCP) Experience
working with relational databases Good understanding of PostgreSQL internals
Experience supporting PaaS or DBaaS at scale Familiarity with observability
platforms (Prometheus/Grafana, Splunk, or equivalent) Experience with AI/ML
tooling — LLM APIs, RAG pipelines, AI agent frameworks, or integrating ML
inference into production services

About Apple

Computers and Electronics Manufacturing · 10,001+ employees · headquartered in Cupertino, California · founded 1976