At Apple, great ideas quickly become phenomenal products, services, and customer experiences. Apple Pay has brought the Apple Wallet to millions of customers world-wide, enabling them to carry Digital Credentials such as credit and debit cards, transit passes, hotel and car keys, theme park tickets — and now, mobile driver’s licenses — all in their Apple Wallet. Building and scaling these features requires not just world-class engineering, but a deep understanding of how institutions around the world operate, implement standards and protect user data and privacy.

Your work will support a technical roadmap that complements the product roadmap, fostering innovation while ensuring quality, scalability, and reliability. You'll be key in defining the technical vision and architecture for essential platform capabilities, translating diverse and complex requirements into robust, high-performance distributed systems. Through close collaboration with fellow architects and engineering teams, you will advocate for technical excellence, influence cross-functional roadmaps, and support the development and evolution of inclusive, industry-leading open standards that enhance interoperability and security.

+ 12+ years of industry experience as a software engineer, including 3+ years as a tech lead/architect.

+ Demonstrated experience leading large technical initiatives and driving change to align org.

+ Bachelors in Computer Science or a related field; or equivalent practical experience.

+ Deep experience in one of our current product domains — Tokenization, Development Platform, Mobile Wallets.

+ Practical experience and proven results in implementing and evolving large scale distributed systems with integrations of heterogeneous partner systems.

+ Comfortable explaining technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

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