Ever wondered what turns an iMessage bubble blue? The IDS Server (Messaging Identity) team provides the identity and discovery backend services that powers Messages, FaceTime and hundreds of other messaging, sharing, and sync features between Apple devices. We connect billions of devices around the world, and their users, with each other in a secure, reliable, and privacy-protecting way.

We are a small team with big impact, tackling a wide breadth of challenges across account and phone number authentication, identity access management, messaging addressability, secure messaging [1 (https://security.apple.com/blog/imessage-contact-key-verification/)][2 (https://security.apple.com/blog/imessage-pq3/)], satellite messaging, anti-abuse, and much more.

Are you interested in product innovation and building new messaging experiences, while solving unique, large scale, highly complex technical problems? Are you passionate about delivering the best possible experience to customers? If so, come join us!

We are seeking a strong technical hands-on engineer, who applies technical excellence towards the end goal of driving real business impact. You should feel a personal stake in the services we are responsible, have excellent communication skills and the ability to build positive relationships with the people you work with. Our work is complex, challenging and highly visible. The opportunities for you to make an impact here are boundless.

Having an inquisitive mind and asking questions will help you not only achieve immediate results, but also inspire new ideas for your next killer feature.

At AppleCloud, we’re very invested in your personal growth. We will work with you to define your career goals and help you get closer to them with mentorship, training and education.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We also take affirmative action to offer employment and advancement opportunities to all applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities. Apple will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation or that of other applicants.

Experience in Java, Go, C#, or similar languages.Experience in building large scale, highly available cloud services.Experience with distributed database systems (such as Cassandra)Independent, driven, motivated, and a deep sense of ownership over the products we work on.Strong written and verbal communication skills