Apple
Senior Software Engineer, Ads
$216K–$394K
Cupertino, California · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 13, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in software engineering, focused on building distributed systems with public cloud technologies.
- Education
- Bachelor's / Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
About the job
Leads engineering for Apple’s Ad Exchange orchestration, building performant, highly available backend services for privacy-preserving Search and Display ads.
What you'll do
- Lead cross-functional teams to deliver Ad Exchange orchestration solutions.
- Design and implement performant services that support growth with minimal operational overhead.
- Work with advertising domain experts to build systems for varied ads use cases.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of software engineering experience focused on distributed systems using public cloud technologies.
- Strong understanding of microservice design and expertise building backend distributed systems.
- Experience creating solutions with public cloud technologies and APIs; ability to work with and lead cross-functional teams.
- Proficiency in Java.
Nice to have
- Prior Ads experience.
- Problem-solving, innovation, architectural decision-making, mentoring, and communication skills.
Pay
$216,200 to $394,000 USD base salary
Tools
Java
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