Summary
Posted: Mar 25, 2025
Role Number:200596821
The people here at Apple don't just craft products - they build the kind of wonder that's revolutionized entire industries! It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that encourages the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it! The OpenSearch team at Apple invites interested engineers to join our team to develop and contribute to OpenSearch, the world's most popular open source search engine. Our engineers develop and operate Apple's cloud-based search service hosting OpenSearch that power some of Apple's most important workloads in Services, iCloud, Manufacturing, AIML, SWE, HWT, IS&T and many more. You will be joining a team of experts working on modern database technologies, distributed systems and storage engineering, helping push the limits of open-source OpenSearch in order to offer enterprise-class performance, availability and durability to our customers, as well as to ensure reliable administration. Your work will be deployed at massive scale, serving millions of queries per second over many petabytes of data across our data-centers worldwide and impact the experiences of many millions of users of key Apple services.
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Description
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior OpenSearch Engineer with deep expertise in OpenSearch, Lucene, and search engine internals. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for developing, optimizing, and contributing to OpenSearch while leveraging your in-depth knowledge of Lucene-based search architectures. This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge search technologies, improve scalability, and contribute to the open-source community. Success in this role requires a high level of expertise in several of the following: - Contribute to and maintain OpenSearch core features, improving search relevance, indexing performance, and scalability. - Optimize and fine-tune Lucene-based search algorithms, query execution, and indexing strategies. - Design and implement high-performance search and analytics solutions for large-scale data. - Work closely with open-source communities and commit high-quality contributions to OpenSearch and Lucene. - Develop and enhance distributed search architectures, focusing on fault tolerance and efficiency. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate OpenSearch with various applications. - Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other developers. - Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across search infrastructure The role also requires excellent communication and the ability to partner closely with our Database Engineering and SRE teams, and a high degree of customer focus when engaging with internal customers. The ability to work effectively with colleagues based in other locations is also essential, as well as the ability to help mentor junior engineers.
Minimum Qualifications
- BS in Computer Science or related field with 10+ years of relevant experience.
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, cluster management, and high large-scale architectures.
- High level of proficiency in Java
- Strong knowledge of text analysis, relevance tuning, ranking algorithms, and NLP techniques.
- Experience developing software in open source communities.
- Strong expertise in Lucene internals, including indexing, searching, and caching mechanisms.
Preferred Qualifications
- 7+ years of relevant experience in Search technologies
- Proficiency in OpenSearch feature development
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex search-related issues.
- Experience in complete SDLC with search and/or caching components
Pay & Benefits
- At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $207,800 and $378,700, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
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- Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.