Apple
Software Architect - Payments
$216K–$325K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Jun 26, 2026
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads the technical vision, architecture, and roadmap for Apple’s global payment processing platform and related financial services systems.
What you'll do
- Set architectural direction and make decisions balancing scalability, reliability, innovation, and compliance.
- Align engineering, product, business, and regulatory stakeholders on platform strategy and investments.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship across teams, including documenting and validating architectural decisions.
What they ask for
- Deep expertise in payments systems, including tokenization or transaction processing.
- Experience designing large-scale distributed systems serving millions of users and processing high-volume transactions; cloud-native architecture experience, including AWS or comparable platforms.
- Track record of technical leadership and influencing architectural decisions across large organizations and senior stakeholders.
- Experience with regulated systems and compliance; exceptional technical communication and demonstrated mentoring success.
Nice to have
- Collaboration with external partners, financial institutions, or payment networks.
- Familiarity with emerging payment standards and technologies, or experience with shared platforms serving multiple products or business units.
Pay
$216,200 and $324,800 USD base salary
Tools
AWS
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