Senior Software Engineer - Data Governance Solutions, Data Platform

Apple - Cupertino, CA

Full-time - Senior

Cupertino, CA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Software Engineer - Data Governance Solutions role at Apple focuses on developing advanced solutions to meet the company's data governance and compliance needs. The position involves managing large volumes of data and creating frameworks for efficient data processing workflows, ensuring data privacy and security while optimizing performance and scalability. The role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions, particularly in the areas of PII detection and data quality violation detection using cutting-edge technologies.

Responsibilities

• Manage petabytes of data and design new frameworks for scalable data processing workflows.
• Ensure completeness of data ingestion and full metadata enrichment, including data classification annotations and dataset descriptions.
• Monitor system performance and optimize for cost and efficiency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.
• Solve issues that arise in the data processing systems.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering with deep knowledge in computer science fundamentals.
• Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Proficient in writing quality code with test cases and reviewing pull requests in a fast-paced environment.
• Fluent in Python programming language.
• Extensive experience in building ingestion ETL pipelines.
• Expertise in one or more functional or object-oriented programming languages (Scala, Java).
• Experience or knowledge in distributed data systems like Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, or Flink.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, both verbal and written.
• BS, MS, or PhD degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience or knowledge in public cloud platforms, preferably AWS.