About the Role

At Apple, new ideas quickly transform into groundbreaking products, services, and customer experiences. Bring passion and dedication to your work, and there's no telling what can be accomplished.

As part of the Supply Chain Innovation team, you will play a pivotal role in building end-to-end, best-in-class software solutions for Apple's Supply Chain needs, ranging from Supply Planning and Demand Planning to Product Distribution and beyond. You will collaborate with various internal stakeholders to define and implement solutions that optimize Apple's internal business processes.

We are seeking a self-starter, highly motivated individual who thrives on challenges and finding creative solutions. The ideal candidate excels in collaborative environments, produces high-quality software under tight deadlines, and works independently while collaborating effectively with multi-functional teams globally (US, Singapore, India and Europe). This role impacts Apple's business, requiring interaction with internal teams to deliver cutting-edge products in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize highly scalable, distributed systems, using cloud-native technologies and micro services architecture to build robust and resilient solutions.
• Lead proof-of-concept projects and pilot implementations to showcase new insights.
• Strive for excellence by continuously seeking ways to enhance system reliability, performance, and security.
• Contribute to design and code reviews, and assist in debugging and resolving issues.
• Develop system components and take full responsibility for the timely delivery, quality of the work.
• Collaborate with product owners, developers, QA, support teams, and end users.
• Mentor and guide a team of engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.
• Solve complex technical challenges, drive innovation, and stay up-to-date with new technologies.
• Collaborate with contractors to ensure successful project execution.
• Ability to multitask and work independently with minimal direction.
• Occasionally, will need to handle application production (warranty) support.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years of proven experience in enterprise-level application development using advanced Oracle database technologies.
• Hands-on experience with large-volume databases for both OLTP and OLAP environments.
• Experience with databases such as Single Store, Oracle, Snowflake, NoSQL, Graph, etc.
• Proven expertise in ETL, performance optimization, and maintenance of various solutions based on Oracle databases.
• Strong ability to research, design, and develop complex technical solutions involving multiple technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• BA or BS in Computer Science or equivalent degree
• Familiarity with Agile project management methodologies.
• Experience with Python, Pandas Data Frames, SQL Alchemy, numpy, etc.
• Experience in consuming and exposing web services (e.g., SOAP, REST).
• Knowledge of UNIX/Linux platforms and scripting experience with Shell, XML, JSON.
• AI/ML-related experience and strong understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering and RAG.
• Experience in developing applications for the Supply Chain business domain is a plus

Equal Opportunity

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote 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.