Senior Backend Engineer, Generative AI Platform & Systems

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & dental

Retirement benefits

Discounted products

Tuition reimbursement

Bonuses/commissions

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California, seeks a Senior Backend Engineer for the Generative AI Platform and Systems – Special Projects.

You will build scalable backend and infrastructure, own core components, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, secure, and high-performant platforms. The role emphasizes cloud-native engineering, API design, and developer experience, with opportunities to work on model evaluation tooling and ML integrations within a cutting-edge AI

Qualifications

• Infra, cloud-native platform engineering, and Kubernetes deployment.
• Relational database systems.
• Large-scale web development.
• Passion for software architecture, API design, and developer experience.
• Industry experience bringing AI systems from advanced research to production.
• Excellent team collaboration skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Backend and infrastructure systems using your deep expertise in Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies.
• Help design, scale, and operate our platforms.
• Own core infrastructure components, influence architectural decisions, and partner closely with cross-functional teams to ensure our systems are reliable, secure, and highly performant.
• Implement Python tooling and large systems for user-facing applications to help accelerate model evaluation, testing, and validation.
• Integrate with various models to scale up and improve capabilities of systems that employ ML.

Skills

Infra engineering

Cloud-native

Kubernetes

Relational DB

Web development

System architecture

API design

Developer experience

AI production

Team collaboration

Communication

ML systems

Robotics

Embodied AI

LLMs

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science

Tools

React.js

Web UI frameworks

Job description

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California, seeks a Senior Backend Engineer for the Generative AI Platform and Systems – Special Projects.

You will build scalable backend and infrastructure, own core components, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, secure, and high-performant platforms. The role emphasizes cloud-native engineering, API design, and developer experience, with opportunities to work on model evaluation tooling and ML integrations within a cutting-edge AI