Data Platform Engineer, Emerging Technology Solutions

Shanghai Posted 8/20/2026 Leaves the board in 7 days
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We are looking for a talented software engineer with expertise in designing and developing some of the largest and most scalable applications in the world. This core engineering role requires you to be hands-on in coding, building and tuning extremely scalable, distributed services. Our engineering team fosters creativity and builds novel solutions to deliver engineering perfection. You will work with business partners and engineering teams across Apple.

Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent technical field.
2+ years of technical experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and platform infrastructure.
Proficiency in Java, Python, or Scala for building data processing pipelines, distributed systems, and backend services.
Hands-on experience operating in a "you build it, you own it" production environment with direct involvement in software deployment, observability, and operational maintenance.
Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts, microservices architecture, Object-Oriented Design, and RESTful service design.
Practical experience with NoSQL datastore (e.g., Cassandra, Redis, MongoDB), as well as streaming/batch frameworks (e.g., Kafka, Spark, Flink).
Familiarity with containerization, CI/CD automation, and cloud/platform orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) to maintain operational business continuity.

Preferred Qualifications
Experience developing or integrating AI/ML systems at scale, and practical familiarity with AI-assisted development tools to boost engineering productivity.
Proven background in building customer-facing anti-abuse, anti-spam, phishing prevention, or threat detection engines.
Versatile, multi-faceted engineering mindset capable of seamlessly bridging data engineering, platform infrastructure, and DevOps functions.
Track record of implementing automated failover, disaster recovery, and resilience engineering for high-availability production systems.
Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with a passion for engineering excellence.
M.S. or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.

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