Java Backend Engineer

Description As a Senior Software Engineer at Apple's Retail Engineering team, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and delivering scalable backend services using modern Java and cloud-native technologies. You will work across the complete software development lifecycle - from requirements and technical design through implementation, testing, deployment, production operations, and continuous improvement. The role requires strong expertise in distributed systems, microservices, event-driven architectures, caching, databases, API design, performance optimization, and production reliability. You will also contribute to technical design discussions, mentor engineers, participate in code and architecture reviews, and help establish engineering best practices across the team.