Backend Payments Engineer

Company: Apple Inc.
Location: Austin
Posted on: May 26, 2023

Job Description:

The people here at Apple don't just craft products, they build the kind of wonder that's revolutionized entire industries! We believe that it's the diversity of those people and their ideas that encourage the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading privacy and environmental efforts.We're looking for talented software engineers to join the Payments engineering team. Payments engineering is part of the Wallet, Payments & Commerce (WPC) organization that is responsible for everything in the Apple Wallet, and most things payments, at Apple. In particular, we build the rails on which all payments at Apple run, including for the Apple Online Store, the Apple Retail Stores around the world, and the Apple App Store. We also build the rails that make Tap to Pay on iPhone possible, by allowing iPhones to become a payment terminal, and by helping Tap to Pay on iPhone partners to process payments from iPhones. Key Qualifications

• Are you passionate, curious, and do you have a desire to learn and explore?
• Can you communicate ideas clearly, thoughtfully and respectfully, to a diverse audience?
• Are you as committed to privacy and security, as to features and functionality?
• Will you be committed to the full software development lifecycle, from ideation to design, from coding to testing, from deployment to disaster recovery?
• Do you have a good grasp of computer science fundamentals, and a sound understanding of concurrent and asynchronous processing? Description We work on a rich and varied collection of payment projects for all of Apple. Engineers in the team are collaborative, and proactive. Our payment systems operate at global scale, and Apple volume, and we work to satisfy some of the most interesting and unique payments problems out there. We're a fintech setting new payment trends, and we also partner with leading fintechs across the globe.Engineers in the team take part in every aspect of the software develop lifecycle. We work in a fast-paced environment, and are responsible for hands-on coding of critical system components. We have constructive design discussions, learn from each other, and use our experience to guide and teach. We work closely with privacy and security engineering teams to ensure that the products we build exceed expectations on both fronts. We also partner closely with quality and testing teams, and understand that their success is ours as well.Onboarding will be easier for you if you have hands-on experience with Java, or another JVM-based language, and experience developing highly available, high throughput, distributed systems. Some other tech that's relevant to us is workflow orchestration, relational and non-relational databases, message queueing, application container orchestration and cloud deployment.Apple is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We also take affirmative action to offer employment and advancement opportunities to all applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities. Apple will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation or that of other applicants. Education & Experience Mindset and demonstration of abilities are far more important to us than qualifications, but we'll be expecting sound computer science fundaments.

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