
Senior Software Engineer — Full Stack (Node.js/TypeScript/functional)
Required skills
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- Elixir
- functional programming
- React
- SQL
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- HTTP API
- backend services
Nice to have
- manufacturing
- environmental systems
- Erlang/OTP
- AI agent development
- Prometheus
- Grafana
Role summary
Seeking a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer with expertise in TypeScript and a strong interest in functional programming to work on production applications within Apple's Manufacturing Design and Environmental Systems teams. The role involves building and maintaining features for internal engineering and operations teams, requiring a blend of technical depth, good judgment, and problem-solving skills. Responsibilities include writing clean, well-tested code, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and translating complex workflows into maintainable software. Experience with Node.js, Elixir, SQL databases, and API development is essential. Familiarity with functional programming concepts is a prerequisite.
Description
This position sits within the Manufacturing Design and Environmental Systems teams. Our team builds the applications that enable Apple to manufacture every product we ship — it's high impact work at the core of Apple's operations. You'll be someone who anticipates problems without over-architecting solutions, and who can distill complex challenges into clear, simple outcomes. We care about code that works correctly, performs well, and is easy for the next person to understand. That means writing tests, giving substantive feedback in code review, and debugging production issues when they arise using monitoring and logging tools. If you're not already writing Elixir, you'll grow into it — we'll support that learning, but genuine curiosity about functional programming is a prerequisite for enjoying the work here. You’ll be building and maintaining features in close collaboration with product designers, domain experts, and other engineers. We involve engineers early in the design process, so you'll regularly help translate complex operational workflows into clear, maintainable software rather than just executing specs.
Minimum Qualifications
6+ years in a senior software role working across the entire web stack with a skilled team. 5+ years writing production JavaScript or TypeScript single page apps using React or similar framework with comfort working across the stack: you can pick up a SQL query, an API endpoint, and a UI component in the same day. 4+ years building and maintaining robust HTTP API's and backend services. 4+ years developing complex applications with SQL based database solutions (PostgreSQL, MySQL etc.) at medium scale Familiarity with functional programming concepts — whether through Elixir, Haskell, Clojure, Scala, or just a strong interest in learning them Discipline in writing tests and a genuine interest in code quality and maintainability
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in manufacturing or environmental systems Experience in Elixir, Erlang/OTP or other functional programming languages Experience building or overseeing AI agent development Experience with observability tooling: Prometheus, Grafana, Sentry, or similar Experience with Docker and deploying to production environments Experience working with international teams or counterparts Manufacturing or supply chain domain exposure 10+ years of professional experience in technical environments
Sample Apple interview questions
- 1
Design a typeahead box for a search engine
system designmedium - 2
Design a rate limiter
system designmedium - 3
Architect a key-value store for distributed systems.
system designmedium - 4
Design a system to schedule jobs in a distributed environment
system designmedium - 5
What is an API and how does it work?
technicalmedium
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