Applied AI Engineer

Apple, Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Bengaluru seeks a Software Engineer for AI Data Platforms (AiDP). You will build AI data/ML platforms, customize open-source solutions for Apple, and deliver high‑quality software under tight deadlines.

The role emphasizes innovative tool development across AiDP and collaboration with cross‑functional teams. You’ll work on integrating AI/ML capabilities, designing scalable architectures, and shipping production‑grade solutions for internal and external use, with a focus on secure,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of software/platform development experience.
• Strong Python skills; knowledge of TypeScript/Java/Go is a plus.
• Experience architecting AI systems on cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop AI applications, transitioning from rapid prototypes to production‑grade agentic workflows.
• Take full accountability for shipping working software, managing live user adoption, monitoring system performance, and troubleshooting failures in production
• Identify challenges, feature gaps, and domain requirements and work closely with stakeholders to design and implement the solution.
• Manage project priorities, technical strategy, deadlines, and deliverables across complex, matrixed, or distributed organisations

Skills

Python

Cloud platforms

Distributed systems

Communication skills

AI frameworks

LLM serving

LangChain

LangGraph

AutoGen

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/related field

Tools

Langchain/LangGraph

CrewAI

AutoGen

Spark

Flink

LangChain

LangGraph

CrewAI

AutoGen

Job description

Do you love understanding every detail of how new technologies work? Join the team that serves as Apple’s nerve center, our Information Systems and Technology group. There are countless ways you’ll contribute here, whether you’re coordinating technology needs for product launches, designing music solutions for retail locations, or ensuring the strength of in-store Wi‑Fi connections. From Apple Pay to the Apple website to our data centres around the globe, you’ll help design and manage the massive systems that countless employees and customers rely on every day. You’ll also build custom tools for employees, empowering them to solve complex problems on their own. Join our team, and together we’ll explore all the ways to improve how Apple operates, freeing our employees to do what they do best: craft magical experiences for our customersAI & Data Platforms (AiDP) is IS&T's engine for AI‑powered innovation. The team brings together data, application development, and machine learning — including generative AI — along with data services and customer success functions, to help IS&T build solutions more efficiently and streamline the adoption and embedding of generative AI across Apple.

Description

As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for building Apple’s AI Data and ML platforms. You will either work on building custom solutions ground up or take open source products and customise the same for Apple’s need. We're looking for an individual who loves to take challenges, tackles problems with imaginative solutions, works well in collaborative teams, and can produce high-quality software under tight deadlines and constraints. This role involves building innovative tools and frameworks that can extend across different platforms within AiDP.

Responsibilities

• Develop AI applications, transitioning from rapid prototypes to production‑grade agentic workflows.
• Take full accountability for shipping working software, managing live user adoption, monitoring system performance, and troubleshooting failures in production
• Identify challenges, feature gaps, and domain requirements and work closely with stakeholders to design and implement the solution.
• Manage project priorities, technical strategy, deadlines, and deliverables across complex, matrixed, or distributed organisations

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of overall experience in software/platform development
• Strong programming skills with proficiency in Python (and ideally in one or more additional languages like Typescript, Java, Golang etc).
• Experience architecting AI systems on cloud platforms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong communication skills to conduct discovery with customers and to convey technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.
• Knowledge of LLM serving and inference frameworks.
• 1+ years of experience shipping production‑grade AI‑driven solutions to external or internal customers.
• Hands‑on experience with frameworks like Langchain/LangGraph, CrewAI, or AutoGen.
• Experience in applied AI, with a focus on building systems around pre‑trained models (e.g., prompt engineering, fine‑tuning, Retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG), and agent orchestration).
• Ability to implement secure agentic workflows incorporating MCP, tool‑calling, and OAuth‑based authentication.
• Data Structures & Algorithms: Foundation and application experience.
• Distributed Systems: Understanding and hands‑on experience managing at least one distributed system (e.g. Hadoop, Kafka, Spark, Flink etc. ).
• Problem Solving: Demonstrated ability to independently troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues.

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