AIML - Software Engineer, Machine Learning Platform & Infrastructure

Posted: 22 Apr 2024

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number:200545812

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, great ideas quickly become extraordinary user experiences. Take on big challenges that create a positive impact for billions of people Are you passionate about building sophisticated product experiences with a world-class engineering and design team? Do you want to make Siri and Apple products smarter for our users? The Machine Learning Platform & Infrastructure teams are building groundbreaking technology for algorithmic search, machine learning, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence. The features we build are redefining how people use their computers and mobile devices to search and find what they are looking for. Siri’s universal search engine powers search features across a variety of Apple products, including Siri, Spotlight, Safari, Messages and Lookup. As part of this group, you will work with one of the most exciting high performance computing environments, with petabytes of data, millions of queries per second, and have an opportunity to imagine and build products that delight our customers every single day.

Key Qualifications

Strong coding skills in any programming language
Strong problem solving skills and be able to write high quality clean and performant code.
Quick learner who can learn new technology stacks, programming languages & drive, deliver features with high quality.
Experience solving Big Data problems. We solve problems at Petabyte scale so we build infrastructure to solve problems for massive datasets.
Excellent interpersonal & communication skills. Be able to influence & negotiate with stakeholders, open to feedback and iterate on solutions collaboratively.
5+ years of relevant experience.

Description

We are responsible for Search infrastructure engineering at Apple's AIML Team. We design and build infrastructure to support features that empower billions of Spotlight and Siri users. We own our pipelines and services, from conception, to design, to implementation, to deployment, to operations. As a result, each one of us takes our responsibilities seriously, while having a lot of fun building the best services at scale we can. We have numerous latency sensitive services, jobs and pipelines that solve problems within Search infrastructure engineering. Join this team, and you’ll have the opportunity to work with large scale systems with trillions of rows! Candidate who joins our team will be responsible for the following * Be able to reason, influence stakeholders and drive the feature from inception to production launch that will help improve Siri and Search. * Work with data science, cross functional search teams & stakeholders to support new features, data requirements & easier experimentation * Build solutions & frameworks that help accelerate engineering velocity for the entire org & partner team across Apple. * Deliver artifacts, code with high quality * Develop highly optimized solutions for petabyte level scale with optimal costs.

Education & Experience

Our applications are complex and strong programming skills and computer science fundamentals are essential. Whether you have a traditional CS degree or self-taught or learned some other way, we’d love to talk with you.

Additional Requirements

Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP is a plus
Experience with big data storage systems, data lake, data pipelines is a plus
Experience building Kubernetes based jobs & services is a plus.
Experience with web search is a plus.

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 $161,700.00 and $243,300.00, 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. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

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

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure 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.