On-Device Intelligence Systems Engineer

Apple, Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple, Inc. in Cupertino seeks an experienced software engineer to own the development of daemons and frameworks powering on-device intelligence across iOS, macOS, watchOS, and more. You will collaborate with ML and app engineers to keep features fast and reliable.

Responsibilities include model management for on-device inference, routing to private cloud compute, scheduling document processing for search, and contributing across the full software lifecycle, from design to debugging.

Qualifications

• Expert-level proficiency in C, Objective-C, or Swift.
• Knowledge of operating system architecture and systems programming fundamentals.
• Experience developing daemons, libraries, or command-line tools on a Unix or Linux platform.
• Familiarity with machine learning concepts.
• Analytical and debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain daemons and frameworks that support on-device intelligence features across Apple platforms.
• Manage models for on-device inference and coordinate routing to private cloud compute.
• Schedule and optimize document processing workloads to power search experiences.
• Develop and improve unit tests and performance tests; diagnose and resolve customer-reported issues.
• Provide design guidance and technical expertise to partner engineering teams across the company.

Skills

C

Objective-C

Swift

Systems programming

Machine learning concepts

Debugging

Job description

Apple, Inc. in Cupertino seeks an experienced software engineer to own the development of daemons and frameworks powering on-device intelligence across iOS, macOS, watchOS, and more. You will collaborate with ML and app engineers to keep features fast and reliable.

Responsibilities include model management for on-device inference, routing to private cloud compute, scheduling document processing for search, and contributing across the full software lifecycle, from design to debugging.