Software Engineer - Database Supply Chain Solutions

About the position

At Apple, new ideas quickly transform into groundbreaking products, services, and customer experiences. Bring passion and dedication to your work, and there's no telling what can be accomplished. As part of the Supply Chain Innovation team, you will play a pivotal role in building end-to-end, best-in-class software solutions for Apple's Supply Chain needs, ranging from Supply Planning and Demand Planning to Product Distribution and beyond. You will collaborate with various internal stakeholders to define and implement solutions that optimize Apple's internal business processes.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize highly scalable, distributed systems, using cloud-native technologies and micro services architecture to build robust and resilient solutions.
• Lead proof-of-concept projects and pilot implementations to showcase new insights.
• Strive for excellence by continuously seeking ways to enhance system reliability, performance, and security.
• Contribute to design and code reviews, and assist in debugging and resolving issues.
• Develop system components and take full responsibility for the timely delivery, quality of the work.
• Collaborate with product owners, developers, QA, support teams, and end users.
• Mentor and guide a team of engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.
• Solve complex technical challenges, drive innovation, and stay up-to-date with new technologies.
• Collaborate with contractors to ensure successful project execution.
• Ability to multitask and work independently with minimal direction.
• Occasionally, will need to handle application production (warranty) support.

Requirements

• 5+ years of proven experience in enterprise-level application development using advanced Oracle database technologies.
• Hands-on experience with large-volume databases for both OLTP and OLAP environments.
• Experience with databases such as SingleStore, Oracle, Snowflake, NoSQL, Graph, etc.
• Proven expertise in ETL, performance optimization, and maintenance of various solutions based on Oracle databases.
• Strong ability to research, design, and develop complex technical solutions involving multiple technologies.

Nice-to-haves

• BA or BS in Computer Science or equivalent degree.
• Familiarity with Agile project management methodologies.
• Experience with Python, Pandas Data Frames, SQL Alchemy, numpy, etc.
• Experience in consuming and exposing web services (e.g., SOAP, REST).
• Knowledge of UNIX/Linux platforms and scripting experience with Shell, XML, JSON.
• AI/ML-related experience and strong understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering and RAG.
• Experience in developing applications for the Supply Chain business domain is a plus.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
• Retirement benefits.
• A range of discounted products and free services.
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition.
• Opportunity to participate in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs.
• Eligibility for discretionary restricted stock unit awards.
• Ability to purchase Apple stock at a discount through the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Potential for discretionary bonuses or commission payments.
• Relocation assistance.