Senior Software Engineer, Apple Wallet Ecosystem, London

Apple Pay, launched over 10 years ago, has evolved into the comprehensive Apple Wallet ecosystem. Serving hundreds of millions of users globally, Wallet securely stores payment cards, transit passes, car keys, corporate IDs, driving licenses, and more across Apple devices. This is just the beginning. We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Software Engineer to help lead the development of a resilient, scalable platform designed for the next decade of innovation in Wallet and Payments.

You will join a nimble team involved in every stage of the product lifecycle, tackling the complex challenge of building and maintaining resilient, reliable distributed software systems at Apple's scale.

• Autonomy & Ownership: Take full ownership of your solutions, from initial design and development to operating, monitoring, and providing on-call support for the services you build. Your lived experience will actively shape our platform architecture.
• Full Lifecycle Involvement: Design, build, test, deliver, and maintain exceptional software that directly impacts our users.
• Collaboration: Participate actively in technical discussions, write specifications, review code, and produce clear documentation.
• Innovation: You will have the flexibility to explore creative solutions, leverage diverse technologies, and contribute to our exploration of how AI can enhance software development.

Success in this role requires a high degree of self-motivation, crisp communication, a highly collaborative approach, and the ability to inspire others while working effectively across teams and disciplines.

• Cloud & Distributed Systems Expertise: Expertise in developing, deploying, and operating high-availability/high-throughput cloud-based distributed systems proven in a production environment.
• Programming: Demonstrable expertise in the software development lifecycle, including proficiency in Java and/or Kotlin.
• Database Experience: Hands-on experience with SQL/NoSQL databases (e.g., Aurora, DynamoDB, CockroachDB, Oracle).
• Communication & Collaboration: The ability to communicate thoughtfully and clearly, both verbally and in writing, and a track record of building healthy, long-term relationships within and beyond your immediate team.
• Growth Mindset: A commitment to continuous learning, curiosity for new technologies, and a relentless pursuit of engineering excellence.

• API Development: Development and operational experience with REST and/or gRPC services.
• Security & Privacy: Understanding of cryptography concepts and general security and privacy concerns in financial/identity platforms.
• DevOps: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code.
• Modern Infrastructure: Experience with containerisation and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Observability: Experience with observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Datadog).

At Apple, we’re not all the same. And that’s our greatest strength. We draw on the differences in who we are, what we’ve experienced and how we think. Because to create products that serve everyone, we believe in including everyone. Therefore, we are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equally. As a registered Disability Confident employer, we will work with applicants to make any reasonable accommodations. Apple will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal backgrounds in a manner consistent with applicable law.