Apple
Senior Software Engineering Lead, Wallet, Payments & Commerce (WPC)
$216K–$325K
Cupertino, California · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 25, 2026
- Experience
- Extensive experience required; no specific number of years stated.
- Education
- No formal degree is required.
About the job
Leads the architecture, development, and operation of large-scale distributed systems and high-volume services for Apple Wallet, Payments & Commerce.
What you'll do
- Architect, build, and maintain resilient distributed systems and REST and/or gRPC services.
- Set technical direction, lead projects from conception to production, and write specifications and documentation.
- Mentor engineers, review code, and support operations through on-call, monitoring, and observability.
What they ask for
- Extensive experience building and maintaining mission-critical distributed systems at large scale.
- Deep understanding of distributed-systems trade-offs in consistency, latency, and throughput.
- Ability to communicate clearly, build technical influence, and lead complex projects through production.
- Demonstrated ability to apply advanced skills to real-world applications; no formal degree is required.
Nice to have
- Hands-on expertise with Java or Kotlin and Spring; experience with high-volume REST and/or gRPC services.
- Experience with Docker or Kubernetes, cloud-native applications (e.g., AWS), CI/CD, infrastructure as code, observability, or modern networking.
Pay
$216,200 and $324,800 (base pay range; USD)
Tools
Java, Kotlin, Spring, REST, gRPC, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS
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