Software Engineer, Payments & Billing – Apple Ads

At Apple, we focus deeply on our customers’ experience. Apple Ads brings this same approach to advertising, helping people find exactly what they’re looking for and helping advertisers grow their businesses. Our technology powers ads and sponsorships across Apple Services, including the App Store, Apple News, and MLS Season Pass. Everything we do is designed for trust, connection, and impact: We respect user privacy, integrate advertising thoughtfully into the experience, and deliver value for advertisers of all sizes-from small app developers to big, global brands. Because when advertising is done right, it benefits everyone.

Description The Payments & Billing engineering team is the backbone of Apple Ads’ Revenue & Payout function for our partners. Payments are part of this function, which builds services that will collect payment from customers for services they use. As a Software Engineer on the team, you’ll contribute to the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of scalable backend services and RESTful APIs. You’ll work closely with engineers, architects, QA, and product partners to build systems that are reliable, secure, and easy to maintain. You will be expected to own your code from development through production, including participation in an on-call rotation supported by automated monitoring and a dedicated Level 1 support team.

Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field with 3+ years of hands-on industry experience in backend software development, or a Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field with 1+ years of hands-on backend software development experience.
• Proficiency in Java and frameworks such as Spring or Dropwizard.
• Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and web services.
• Solid understanding of relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle).
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, especially AWS.
• Familiarity with monitoring, deployment, and production support practices.
• Comfortable owning the full development lifecycle: design, development, testing, deployment, and support.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications
• Passion for customer privacy.
• Experience with reporting platforms or data tools like Snowflake.
• Background in finance, billing, or payment systems.
• Exposure to large-scale distributed systems and event-driven architecture.
• Prior experience supporting production systems in an on-call rotation (e.g., with PagerDuty).
• Passion for building inclusive teams and a demonstrated commitment to diversity and equity.

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