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Apple

Software Development Engineer, System Analytics & Intelligence (SAIL)

$150K–$278K

Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Aug 26, 2026

Experience
3+ years building production software systems.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

About the job

Build and operate the backend and data infrastructure that turns Core OS development workflow data into analytics and insights for organizational decisions.

What you'll do

  • Design, build, and operate large-scale data pipelines and transformation workflows.
  • Build backend services and APIs that make insights accessible to Core OS stakeholders.
  • Own system architecture, reliability, performance, and extensibility; partner with teams to translate analytics needs into technical solutions.

What they ask for

  • 3+ years building production software systems, including backend services and APIs, with strong Python proficiency.
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals, including demonstrated system design and architecture ability.
  • Hands-on data pipeline building and operation, strong SQL, and experience with modern data platforms such as warehouses or lakes.
  • Experience with CI/CD and production deployment practices.

Nice to have

  • Experience with cloud data platforms, containerization, orchestration, transformation frameworks, frontend technologies, developer productivity or CI/CD domains, or BI/visualization platforms.
  • Experience with Snowflake, S3, Docker, Kubernetes, Airflow, Spark, dbt, TypeScript/JavaScript, modern frontend frameworks, or Tableau.

Pay

$150,400 to $277,600 USD base salary

Tools

Python, SQL, Snowflake, S3, Docker, Kubernetes, Airflow, Spark

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