AI Model Performance Engineer - Apple Silicon

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 184,700 - 324,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock programs

Education reimbursement

Medical and dental coverage

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California is seeking a Software Engineer to advance Model Performance on Special Projects. You’ll work with engineers, designers, and researchers to move AI features from prototype to product on Apple Silicon.

You’ll own 0-to-1 development, with autonomy to shape the approach, and collaborate across performance, power, model, and silicon teams to drive innovative solutions.

Qualifications

• You've shipped software that people relied on, and you learned something from every hard call along the way.
• You unblock yourself by reading the source, building a prototype, or pulling in the right people.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and excited by problems that don't have an obvious answer yet.
• You work well across teams and build trust with partners in design and engineering.
• You make the people around you better — through mentoring, shaping technical direction, and the way you approach hard problems.
• You've already brought AI into how you write code — and you're always looking for the next way to use it.
• 5+ years of development experience, strong CS fundamentals, and a B.S. in Computer Science or significant equivalent experience. iOS and Swift experience is a plus — but if you're strong in another platform, you'll ramp quickly here.

Responsibilities

• Investigating ML model performance and power on Apple Silicon
• Working closely with performance, power, model, and silicon teams to optimize the system
• Partner with ML and AI researchers to translate cutting-edge models onto Apple Silicon
• Prototyping ideas to support feature definition and iteration
• Clearly communicate technical concepts to cross functional partners
• Collaboration on architecture discussions and code review

Skills

Software development

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

AI integration in coding

iOS/Swift experience

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California is seeking a Software Engineer to advance Model Performance on Special Projects. You’ll work with engineers, designers, and researchers to move AI features from prototype to product on Apple Silicon.

You’ll own 0-to-1 development, with autonomy to shape the approach, and collaborate across performance, power, model, and silicon teams to drive innovative solutions.