Description

You will build and scale server-side features for high-traffic client applications including App Store, Music, and TV+.

Responsibilities

• Build large-scale web-based projects and features with a focus on performance, latency, and usability.
• Engineer highly performant implementations by working cross-functionally to understand complex requirements.
• Debug and optimize web services using performance metrics such as median, 95th, and 99th percentiles.
• Develop, advocate for, and build consensus on coding standard methodologies and best practices.
• Demonstrate feature prototypes to executives and provide elegant technical solutions to complex problems.

Required Skills

• Expert knowledge of developing and scaling Java web applications with stringent latency requirements.
• Experience with NoSQL solutions including Cassandra, Voldemort, Redis, and Memcached.
• Experience building data pipelines using Kafka, Spark, and HDFS.
• Proficiency with Solr and Lucene.
• Strong object-oriented design, analysis, data structures, and algorithms.
• Experience with object-relational databases using Hibernate.
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP, HTTP, and SSL protocols.
• Experience writing effective unit and integration tests.
• BS or MS in Computer Science with 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of JVM-hosted languages like Clojure.
• Experience crafting web applications that scale to millions of requests per second.

Key Skills

Education

Any Graduate