AIML - Principal Software Engineer (Production Engineering), Machine Learning Platform & Infrastructure
Job Description
Summary
Imagine what you could do with AIML at Apple. The people here don't just build products — we craft the kind of wonder that's revolutionized entire industries. It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that support the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it.
This team is more than a group of engineers — it's a group passionate about Apple products, services, and engineering culture. The team is seeking an expert Software Engineer to focus on building the next generation of production-facing ML platform. Your work will power marquee Apple experiences such as Apple Intelligence, Search, Siri, and Private Cloud OS, while also helping build new ones.
This team is more than a group of engineers — it's a group passionate about Apple products, services, and engineering culture. The team is seeking an expert Software Engineer to focus on building the next generation of production-facing ML platform. Your work will power marquee Apple experiences such as Apple Intelligence, Search, Siri, and Private Cloud OS, while also helping build new ones.
Description
We are a production-infrastructure-facing distributed-systems team designing, building, and growing Apple's Machine Learning platform, enabling many of Apple's signature apps and experiences. Our work impacts over a billion users and is essential to the success of Apple's growth in AIML. Our team is growing, and you will have the unique opportunity to help us shape our culture and processes. As part of this role, you will:
• Collaborate to solve complex DevOps, SRE and production-infrastructure problems with the opportunity to invent innovative solutions
• Evolve the design and architecture to support the continued growth of our ML platform
• Develop the next generation of services that power Apple Intelligence and Private Cloud OS.
• Partner with various teams across Apple to develop features and functionality to enable new experiences in the Apple ecosystem
• Collaborate to solve complex DevOps, SRE and production-infrastructure problems with the opportunity to invent innovative solutions
• Evolve the design and architecture to support the continued growth of our ML platform
• Develop the next generation of services that power Apple Intelligence and Private Cloud OS.
• Partner with various teams across Apple to develop features and functionality to enable new experiences in the Apple ecosystem
Minimum Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience building and running scalable services in public clouds
- Senior-level experience with containers and Kubernetes, ML, and cluster operations
- Experience collecting high-level requirements and translating them into pragmatic solutions
- Proficient with various programming languages such as Java/Python/Go for automation or integration with multiple APIs (RESTFul, gRPC, etc.)
- Experience operating and developing infrastructure and services in public cloud environments (AWS, GCP etc.)
- Enjoys learning new skills and technologies
- Solid communications skills, capable of working with cross-functional technical and business teams and varying levels of management in a professional manner
Preferred Qualifications
- Understanding of load-balancing, observability, microservice architectures, security & cryptography, performance and reliability
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent related experience. Postgraduate degree a plus.
