Full-stack engineer - Apple Store Online, Rapid Application Development
About the position
Imagine what you could do here! The people here at Apple don’t just create products — they build the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. At Apple, inclusion is a shared responsibility, and we work together to foster a culture where everyone belongs and is inspired to do their best work. Here on the Apple Store Online team, we are responsible for Apple’s largest store. Our main goal is to deliver a magical, personal digital experience where customers can shop, buy and learn everything Apple, wherever they are. Each customer should feel like they are our only customer and our job is to set the bar for the experience they receive. To run such an extraordinary store, it takes extraordinary people, and we are looking for someone to help us do extraordinary things. The Rapid Application Development (RAD) team within the Apple Store Online (ASO) is passionate about building world-class applications to help automate, streamline, and add value to the work of all the teams supporting our ASO experience and customers. Here, you will employ your creativity to create ingenious solutions from conception to development to testing to go-live. This is more than a job; it’s a chance to leave your mark on the customer experience whether it be on the online store or in contacts to Retail Customer Care! In this role, you will be responsible for developing all facets of a solution to streamline the work of internal Apple Store Online teams. You will utilize all aspects of your technical skillset, from cutting edge front-ends and back-ends to maintaining and improving our world-class AliCloud infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Developing and owning all aspects of front-end including UI/UX, back-end, database of applications
- Oversee and maintain cloud hosting infrastructure like AliCloud
- Formulate testing strategy and high-impact unit and E2E tests to streamline future updates and ensure reliability
- Maintain a flexible work schedule in production support scenarios and to collaborate with team members and stakeholders in the AMR region.
- Ensure infrastructure and applications meet strict data and privacy legal requirements.
- Partner with stakeholders to define requirements and technical feasibility of new solutions
- Create agentic workflows that accelerate development and continuously improve quality code and infrastructure.
- Implement enhancements in production applications to meet evolving business requirements
Requirements
- 7 + years of experience and high degree of proficiency developing software using following technologies: Angular or React, NestJS or similar back-end framework, Node.js, SQL
- Administration of infrastructure using cloud technologies such as AliCloud, container technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes, and CI/CD and DevOps practices
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, and experience applying these in both new development settings as well as under high-impact production support conditions
- 1-2 years of experience with Generative AI
- Experience developing RESTful APIs
- BA/BS degree or 8+ years professional experience in a directly relatable role
- 8 or more years of experience and high degree of proficiency
- Strong UI/UX design skills
- Proficient at distilling stakeholder feedback and challenges into actionable requirements
- Proficient at updating frameworks, npm packages ensuring reliability and security
- 2 or more years of experience and proficiency with multiple Generative AI, with experience embedding Generative AI skills and agents directly in pipelines for automatic PR creation and human-in-the-loop development flows.
Nice-to-haves
- Demonstrated expertise in Node.js, Angular, Typescript, JavaScript, PostgreSQL and Cloud environments like AliCloud.
