Senior Software Engineer, Access/Car Keys Engineering

Description

At Apple, extraordinary ideas quickly become extraordinary products and experiences. The Access Engineering & Wallet Services team is redefining what digital access means, from unlocking your car and front door to authenticating securely with just your iPhone or Apple Watch.

We're looking for a seasoned software engineer who thrives on sophisticated problem-solving, spirited technical debate, and turning ambitious ideas into reality at global scale. If you're motivated by product excellence, not just clean code - and if you bring both resilience and creativity to navigating a deeply cross-functional environment - we'd love to hear from you.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend software engineering experience in languages such as Java, Kotlin, or Go
• Proven track record to deliver results in large, matrixed organizations-navigating ambiguity, aligning diverse stakeholders, and driving transparency through data and empathy.
• Familiarity with leveraging AI to accelerate development
• Proven success building scalable, reliable, and secure distributed systems and APIs
• Strong foundation in concurrency, asynchronous processing, and event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka)
• Experience with Relational and NoSQL databases
• Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD, and production service ownership
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent technical field

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing or integrating AI/ML-driven systems or decision pipelines
• Experience with iOS development or Apple platform integration
• Ability to thrive in a matrixed, cross-functional environment and influence without direct authority
• Exceptional interpersonal skills - comfortable leading design discussions, challenging ideas constructively, and driving alignment