Staff Software Engineer (Applied AI)

The applications we build are used daily by the people at Apple that design our products along with those that figure out how to make them at scale. This includes; Manufacturing Design Engineers, Product Designers, Mechanical Engineers, Quality Engineers, Supply Chain Managers, along with our Suppliers. We work closely with them to design and architect the best solutions for the challenges faced when making the highest quality hardware products. Minimum Qualifications 10+ years in a senior role working across the entire tech stack with a skilled team. 10+ years building robust HTTP APIs and backend services Expert level grasp of at least 1 modern programming language: Go (preferred), Python, Java, etc. Experience building solutions that leverage API’s from the latest LLMs. Preferred Qualifications Experience with model pipeline and registry tools, detecting and preventing model drift, automating model monitoring, and ensuring model accuracy Experience building robust evaluations for prompt optimization and tuning ML workflows Experience with RAG and modern model in context learning techniques Experience with SQL and database systems such as PostgreSQL Experience with building ETL pipeline in data warehouse such as Snowflake Manufacturing experience or exposure is a plus, but not required.