Data Engineer - Video, Pipelines & ML

Apple, Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Discounted Apple products

Education reimbursement

Job summary

Apple, Inc. in Cupertino is seeking a Software Engineer focused on data applications, data pipelines, and database systems. This hands-on role blends software, data, and machine learning to impact the quality of next-generation Apple products.

You will design scalable data systems, build tools for large-scale video and sensor data, and collaborate with ML teams to ensure data quality and timely delivery. This is an on-site, fast-paced environment at Apple.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 1+ years of Python experience.
• 1+ years building data pipelines or data applications.
• 1+ years with a major cloud platform (AWS or equivalent).
• Strong Git, REST APIs, SQL, and NoSQL skills.
• Knowledge of data modeling, schema design, and performance optimization.
• Understanding of SDLC and engineering best practices.
• Experience with prompt engineering and AI-assisted development workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop data applications and internal tools for large-scale video and sensor data.
• Build scalable data pipelines from ingestion to storage to downstream algorithm teams.
• Architect and maintain SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Integrate with internal services and APIs.
• Collaborate with algorithm, ML, and user-study teams for data quality and timely delivery.
• Own domain from design to deployment with reliability and scalability.
• Explore AI/LLM tools to improve velocity and efficiency.
• Role is on-site in Cupertino with lab teams and in-person participants.

Skills

Python

Data pipelines

Cloud platforms (AWS)

Git

REST APIs

SQL

NoSQL databases

Data modeling

Schema design

System design principles

Prompt engineering

AI-assisted development

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Spark

Airflow

Kafka

Flask

FastAPI

Job description

Apple, Inc. in Cupertino is seeking a Software Engineer focused on data applications, data pipelines, and database systems. This hands-on role blends software, data, and machine learning to impact the quality of next-generation Apple products.

You will design scalable data systems, build tools for large-scale video and sensor data, and collaborate with ML teams to ensure data quality and timely delivery. This is an on-site, fast-paced environment at Apple.