Data Engineer, Apple Services Engineering
Apple
Software Engineering, Data Science
Cupertino, CA, USA
USD 147,400-272,100 / year + Equity
Posted on Dec 1, 2025
The Apple Services Engineering team (ASE) is one of the most exciting examples of Apple’s long-held passion for combining art and technology. We are the people who power the App Store, AppleTV, Apple Music, iCloud, and many more. We’re idealists. Inventors. Forever tinkering with products and processes, always on the lookout for better. Does an exciting, dynamic, and fast-paced environment catch your attention? Consider joining our team! We are seeking a Data Engineer to join our team who brings deep passion for designing and building data platforms that power visualizations and insights that enable us to track and ship our projects to billions of customers worldwide. If you love data and creating beautiful, compelling, and intuitive visualizations, we want to hear from you.
As a Data Engineer in ASE, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining robust data pipelines to support data science initiatives. Our team's task is to build a comprehensive aggregate data layer that enables efficient and flexible executive reporting, highly customized data applications, and powerful ML inference and analysis. In this role, you will work closely with data scientists, engineers, and Quality teams to build scalable data pipelines and solutions. As a data engineer, you must effectively collaborate to bridge the gap between business needs, analytical solutions, and engineering requirements.
- Design, implement, and maintain data pipelines using Python and SQL
- Manage data stores containing millions of records and insure availability, security, and scalability
- Collaborate with data scientists, business partners, and engineering groups to identify performance indicators from complex data sets, then create visualizations for these indicators, metrics, and trends
- 3-5 years of experience in Data Engineering or similar role
- 3-5 years of experience in Python and SQL
- 3-5 years of experience with data schema design and data modeling
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, or related field, or equivalent experience
- Experience creating data visualizations that tell compelling stories using tools such as Tableau, D3, Plotly, or Observable
- Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, Swift, R, or Scala is a big plus
- Experience with NoSQL datastores (such as HBase, Cassandra, MongoDB)
- Experience integrating messaging technologies like Kafka or Flink
- Experience with Big Data Tech such as Apache Spark or Hadoop
- Observability and telemetry tools such as CloudWatch, Splunk, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry
- Ability to build CI pipelines and automation tools using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, etc.
- Experience with mentoring, guiding, and motivating other team members
- Excellent presentation and communication skills, with strong attention to detail
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