Full Stack Web Engineer

Apple

Location: United States
Job Type: full-time
Salary: $139,500 - $258,100
Posted: September 23, 2025

Job Description

Join a great team responsible for delivering instructional content for iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, through Siri, and on the web! Our team has created and maintains an evolving, cutting edge, cloud-based content development, management and delivery system platform that powers contextual help, Tips, Apple Intelligence features, and comprehensive user guides for all Apple's hardware and software products.

Description

We are seeking a Full Stack Web Engineer with expertise in single page web app development. Your role will be split between front-end and backend web development. This position is ideal for those passionate about product development and user experience.

Minimum Qualifications

Expertise with JavaScript and frameworks such as React, Redux, and NodeJS.
Expertise developing web apps with responsive/adaptive design and progressive enhancement.
Experience with TypeScript, MongoDB.
Experience developing RESTful APIs.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with micro-services architecture, best practices for distributed systems, and using Apache Kafka.
Experience with ProseMirror.
Experience in public cloud environments like AWS, GCP and others.
Knowledge of containerization concepts like Kubernetes, Docker and others.
Strong knowledge and understanding of data structures, algorithms, design patterns, concurrency, multi-threading and scalability.

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 $139,500 and $258,100, 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.

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

🎯 Who is this job for?

This position is best for a Senior Full Stack Engineer with strong expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Redux, Node.js, and RESTful APIs. Candidates should be comfortable working across both front-end and back-end, with experience in responsive design, MongoDB, and scalable architectures. Familiarity with microservices, cloud platforms, containerization, and distributed systems will be highly valuable.

💬 Potential Interview Questions

How would you apply progressive enhancement to a single-page app serving millions of users?
Ship semantic, accessible HTML and CSS first, ensure links/forms work without JS, then hydrate interactive pieces. Defer non-critical JS, use feature detection, and guard all critical flows with server fallbacks.
What practices keep large React + Redux apps performant and maintainable?
Use Redux Toolkit with normalized state and memoized selectors (reselect), colocate slice logic, and prefer RTK Query for data fetching/caching. Prevent re-renders with React.memo, useCallback/useMemo, and component-level splitting.
How do you leverage TypeScript effectively across a full-stack (React/Node) codebase?
Enable strict mode, use discriminated unions for API payloads, and share types via a versioned package. Generate types from OpenAPI/JSON Schema, and narrow untrusted inputs with runtime validators (zod/io-ts).
Design a RESTful API that supports idempotent writes and safe evolution.
Use idempotency keys for POST, PUT/PATCH for updates, and ETags for concurrency control. Version APIs, make changes backward compatible, and document contracts with OpenAPI.
How would you model and index MongoDB for content editing at scale?
Store ProseMirror JSON as documents with schema validation; index by docId, version, and updatedAt. Use partial/compound indexes for queries, and keep large histories in a separate collection with TTL/archival strategy.
Explain how you’d integrate ProseMirror for collaborative editing.
Define a custom schema and plugins, persist steps/transactions, and map them during merges. For real-time collab, use server arbitration (e.g., OT) or CRDTs, plus presence and awareness channels.
How do you design Kafka consumers for high-throughput, reliable processing?
Partition by a stable key for ordering, scale via consumer groups, and commit offsets after successful processing for at-least-once semantics. Make handlers idempotent; use transactions if you need exactly-once with a transactional sink.
What front-end performance tactics protect Core Web Vitals on a marketing-scale site?
Optimize LCP via preloads and next/image-style responsive media, avoid CLS with reserved space, and reduce INP/TBT with code-splitting and deferring work off the main thread. Monitor with RUM and budgets in CI.
How do you secure a content-rich SPA end-to-end?
Enforce a strict CSP and Trusted Types, sanitize user-generated content before render, and use HTTP-only cookies or short-lived JWTs with rotation. Validate all inputs server-side and log security-relevant events.
Describe a containerized deployment for React/Node services on Kubernetes.
Build minimal Docker images, set liveness/readiness probes, and externalize config via env/Secrets. Use HPA for autoscaling, rolling updates with surge/backoff, and centralized observability (OpenTelemetry + logs/metrics/traces).

📋 Job Summary

Apple is hiring a Full Stack Web Engineer in Seattle to build web-based instructional content systems for products like iOS, macOS, and Siri. You'll work with React, Redux, Node.js, TypeScript, and MongoDB to create adaptive SPAs and RESTful APIs. Experience with Kafka, ProseMirror, microservices, and cloud (AWS/GCP) is a plus. This role offers \$139K–\$258K base pay, stock options, education reimbursement, and top-tier benefits. Join Apple’s mission-driven team and help shape how millions learn to use Apple products.