Software Engineer, Ad Platforms

Quick Facts

• Role: Software Engineer, Ad Platforms

Description

Ads Engineering builds privacy-preserving, user-centric advertising technology at massive scale. The platform spans distributed systems, large-scale data infrastructure, and AI/Generative AI to deliver low-latency, precision advertising content across Apple services. You’ll design and build scalable systems that help power optimized ad experiences while respecting user privacy.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable microservices and backend services for ad platforms

• Design distributed systems for low-latency, global real-time ad demand

• Integrate and develop REST APIs for advertising infrastructure

• Work across data infrastructure and AI/LLM-enabled services

• Improve code quality and development speed using AI developer tools when appropriate

• Write automated unit and integration tests

• Debug and tune high-scale services for performance

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent

• Experience building scalable microservices or data-driven platforms (internships, co-ops, research, or large academic/personal projects)

• Strong computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design)

• Proficiency in at least one object-oriented language (e.g., Java, C++, or equivalent)

• Solid understanding of backend distributed systems and microservice design

• Ability to build and integrate REST APIs and public cloud technologies/APIs

• Familiarity with cloud paradigms (e.g., AWS or Google Cloud Platform)

• Working knowledge of relational and non-relational datastores

• Working knowledge of basic performance tuning for high-scale services

• Experience writing automated unit and integration tests for backend services

• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills

• Familiarity with or interest in using AI developer tools (e.g., AI coding assistants)

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Eager to learn and contribute in a fast-paced environment

Benefits

• Build ad infrastructure designed around trust, connection, and impact

• Work on privacy-preserving, user-centric advertising systems at global scale

• Opportunities to work across distributed systems, data infrastructure, and AI/Generative AI