AIML Privacy-Engineering Rotation

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 126,800 - 220,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Comprehensive medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Educational reimbursement

Discounted products and free services

Job summary

A leading technology company is looking for an experienced engineer to build privacy-preserving technologies for measurement and machine learning. The candidate will work with the Privacy Preserving Measurement and ML team and the Privacy Engineering team. Strong communication skills and software engineering experience are essential. The role offers a competitive salary ranging from $126,800 to $220,900 and benefits that include stock options and comprehensive medical coverage.

Qualifications

• Strong collaboration, communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Strong software engineering skills with problem-solving ability.
• Experience with differential privacy or private federated learning.

Responsibilities

• Experience a unique role with rotations on two teams.
• Design, develop and deploy end-to-end measurement systems.
• Communicate system design tradeoffs and privacy risks.

Skills

Collaboration

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Software engineering

Problem-solving

Differential privacy

Private federated learning

Education

BS in Computer Science or EE

Job description

Cupertino, California, United States Software and Services

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Apple delivers great features and privacy to our users. This unique role combines Privacy Engineering with hands‑on software engineering work with the Privacy Preserving Machine Learning team. The Privacy Preserving Machine Learning team works with teams all across the company to provide tools and support for state‑of‑the‑art privacy‑preserving measurement and machine learning. We are looking for an outstanding candidate with a strong interest in privacy in practice to take on this unique role.

Description

We are seeking an experienced engineer and privacy advocate to build privacy‑preserving technologies for measurement and machine learning and guide policy and product decisions to uphold Apple’s industry‑leading privacy bar. Successful candidates will need to have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to influence and build consensus and work across multiple teams and organizations on a regular basis.

Responsibilities

• Experience a unique role with rotations on two teams to experience hands‑on software engineering and privacy engineering. At the end of the rotation period, you will have the opportunity to continue in either of the teams full‑time.
• Work with the Privacy Preserving Measurement and ML team to design, develop and deploy end‑to‑end measurement systems with high utility that meet Apple’s industry‑leading privacy bar.
• Work with the Privacy Engineering team to communicate system design tradeoffs, privacy risks and potential mitigations to senior leadership to drive decisions.
• Build cross‑team consensus and collaboration.

Minimum Qualifications

• Strong collaboration, communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Strong software engineering skills and ability to solve complex problems independently.
• Experience with differential privacy or private federated learning.
• BS in Computer Science, EE or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Real‑world experience implementing privacy/trust/security measures which have shipped in a consumer product and/or service.
• Participation in public standards forums or academic publications in privacy and machine learning strongly preferred.
• Ability to analyze systems’ architectures for privacy impact.
• Ability to learn and research new technologies and use‑cases rapidly, assess privacy exposures, and suggest mitigations.

Compensation and Benefits

Base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. The base pay range for this role is between $126,800 and $220,900, 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.
• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
• Retirement benefits.
• A range of discounted products and free services.
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition.
• Potential discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.

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 seek to promote 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. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.

Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.