Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering - Music Data Engineering

Role Number: 200685980Team: Software and ServicesLocation: New York CityWeekly Hours: 40Posted: 2026-10-06SummaryImagine what you could do here. The people here at Apple don’t just build products — we craft the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that supports 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. This team is more than a group of engineers -- it's a group passionate about Apple Music and related products. Apple Music is the world’s most complete music experience, with over 60 million songs, thousands of playlists, and daily selections from music experts for 115 countries. The team’s data-driven engineers focus relentlessly on the customer experience by running worldwide experiments and analyzing usage and latency, while collaborating with Apple’s product groups. As a result, you can share your favorite album from Apple Music with your friends, while enjoying access to Photos, Arcade, Apple TV+ and more, all working seamlessly together, all made just for you.DescriptionAs a member of the Music Data Engineering team, you will build data processing pipelines and services to power many of the customer features in Apple Music. You will design complex and highly scalable applications to model, ingest, compute and serve large-scale, mission-critical data. You will collaborate with technical staff across engineering, research, product and business teams to find the best solutions and create innovative products, all in support of our customers' experience of Apple Music.Minimum Qualifications3+ years of software development experienceExperience in at least one of the following: Spark, Kafka and Web ServicesSignificant experience in designing, implementing and supporting highly scalable data systems and services in Java and/or ScalaBachelors/equivalent, or greater, in Computer Science or related disciplinePreferred QualificationsDesigning Java-based micro-services using best practices and open-source librariesLarge-scale data processing technologies in particular Spark / Spark-SQL / Spark Streaming, Flink, Hadoop, Object-Stores, AWS Lambda or similarBuilding and running large-scale data pipelines, including distributed messaging such as Kafka, data ingest to/from multiple sources to feed batch and near-realtime/streaming compute componentsKnowledgable about distributed storage and network resources, at the level of hosts, clusters and DCs, to troubleshoot and prevent performance issuesExperience with any low-latency NoSQL datastores, including Cassandra and S3Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, Maven, Gradle, Git and other related software lifecycle toolsPay & BenefitsAt Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $150,400 and $277,600, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple BenefitsNote: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.EEO StatementApple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote 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. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicantAccessibilityAt Apple, we believe accessibility is a fundamental human right. You’ll find that idea reflected in everything here — in our culture, our benefits and our digital tools. By welcoming as many perspectives as possible, we help you build a career where you feel like you belong.Learn about accessibility in Apple’s workplaceLearn about reasonable accommodations for job applicantsApplication DeadlineApple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.