Apple posted a job you might be interested in August 01, 2014 at 11:09AM

Apple



Senior Software Engineer, Cassandra (Applied Machine Learning)

San Francisco Bay Area, US - Consumer Electronics

Apple’s Applied Machine Learning team has built systems for a number of large-scale data science applications. We work on many high-impact projects that serve various Apple lines of business. We use the latest in open source technology and as committers on some of these projects, we are pushing the envelope. Working with multiple lines of business we manage many streams of Apple-scale data. We bring it all together and unleash business value. We do all this with an exceptional group of software engineers, data scientists, dev-ops engineers and managers.



Key Qualifications

• 5 plus years of hands on experience in database design, development and support with J2EE


• Experience in distributed systems


• Experience in designing and implementing high throughput, low latency applications and in performance tunings.


• Experience in new technologies, e.g., NoSQL, Cassandra and Hadoop


• Understanding of encryption algorithms and technologies.


• Experience in secure network programming and distributed systems.


• Strong Object oriented programming skills and proficiency in languages like C /Java and Python


• Knowledge of Application and Web Servers


• Excellent knowledge of Scripting languages like bash or perl


• Strong object oriented design and analysis skills


• Solid understanding of the full lifecycle development cycle, developing detailed technical designs, and implementing.


• Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, and communication skills.


• Strong ability to learn new technologies in a short time.


• Bonus Skills:


• - Experience with Testing Tools.


• - UNIX System programming.

Description



Join Apple's Applied Machine Learning Team , as a Senior Software Engineer, to help build innovative software applications. Candidate should have development and implementation experience of large scale mission critical applications.



Architect innovative solutions while playing a hands-on development role to deliver products in a rapid and dynamic environment.

Architect creative products, and innovate new technologies & solutions, play a hands-on development and design role, and deliver product in a rapid and dynamic environment.

Be involved in challenging and fast paced projects supporting Apple's business by delivering innovative Systems. Develop tools to monitor system health, performance, and deployment. Work with project managers and technical teams, in a cross-functional environment, to implement quality products that meet the business goals. The candidate is expected to be self-motivated, pro-active and solution-oriented individual.



Education



- BS degree in computer science or equivalent field plus 7-10 years or MS degree plus 5-7 years experience, or equivalent.

- The position requires solid knowledge of secure coding practices and experience with the open source technologies.



No salary provided



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