Senior GenAI Engineer, Apple Cloud AI

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

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation

Stock programs

Medical and dental coverage

Education reimbursement

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California, seeks a Senior GenAI Engineer to join the Apple Cloud AI Agent Platform.

You’ll shape and scale the platform that powers GenAI development and deployment across Apple products. Design capabilities for agent orchestration, RAG, model configuration, prompt tooling, and secure runtimes, collaborating with engineers, product teams, and security to deliver a robust developer experience.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of machine learning and software development
• 1+ years of technical leadership guiding teams
• Experience building GenAI platforms enabling agents and orchestration
• Experience building AI agents with multi-step reasoning and tool usage
• Experience building Agent Harnesses with secure runtimes (Agent Sandboxes)
• Understanding of AI security, policy enforcement, and access control
• Knowledge of LLMs, embedding, and RAG for data retrieval
• Strong programming skills in Python/Java
• Ability to influence product development cross-functionally
• Passion for automation and scalable AI infra

Responsibilities

• Design platform capabilities: agent orchestration, RAG, model config, prompt tooling, and RL/finetuning pipelines
• Drive LLM/Agent optimization: caching, prompting, latency improvements
• Define the technical roadmap and strategy for Apple Cloud AI GenAI components
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and operations to adopt GenAI capabilities
• Build reusable AI agents to enhance productivity and automate reasoning
• Mentor new hires and engineers, fostering platform mindset
• Establish best practices for engineering excellence and developer experience
• Promote an inclusive, innovation-driven team culture

Skills

GenAI platforms

Platform engineering

Python/Java

Cross-functional leadership

Security in AI

LLM concepts

Latency optimization

Agent orchestration

Mentoring

Education

B.S./M.S./PhD in CS/Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

RAG tooling

MCP/tools

Agent harness integrations

Job description

Cupertino, California, United States Software and Services

The Apple Cloud AI team powers data and AI capabilities that fuel Music, TV, App Store, Maps, iCloud and many other beloved products in the Apple ecosystem. Our mission is to provide engineers and data scientists with an innovative, reliable, secure, and user-friendly platform for Agentic and Generative AI development and deployment at scale. As a Senior GenAI Engineer on the Apple Cloud AI group’s Agent Platform team, you’ll play a critical role in shaping and scaling the platform that powers AI application development across Apple. You’ll architect and build core capabilities such as agentic harness, agent orchestration, model selection, building services for agent context and knowledge management, and evaluation tooling enabling teams to rapidly create, iterate, and deploy GenAI applications. Your work will also support advanced initiatives like multi-agentic systems, long horizon agents, model fine-tuning and reinforcement learning workflows, and inference optimization, driving a seamless and flexible developer experience for users of Apple Cloud AI. Join us and be a part of the Data and AI Platform journey at Apple, where your contributions will impact Apple's customers and countless teams within Apple.

Description

Join Apple’s Cloud AI as a Senior GenAI Engineer, where you'll be at the forefront of delivering transformative AI experiences across Apple products, including Apple Music, TV, Sports and many more. You will play a pivotal role in defining and driving the roadmap for Apple Cloud GenAI and Agentic Platform component, which powers the development, evaluation, and deployment of AI agents and applications. This includes building foundational capabilities such as agent orchestration, model configuration, prompt tooling, RAG integration, and inference optimization enabling teams across Apple to rapidly create scalable, context-aware GenAI solutions. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams of innovative software engineers, product managers, and engineering leaders to continuously evolve the platform for performance, flexibility, and ease of use.

Responsibilities

• Design and development of platform capabilities such as agent orchestration, agentic RAG, LLM model configuration, prompt optimization tooling, and fine-tuning and RL pipelines that meet the highest standard in security and safety
• Drive efforts around LLM and Agent optimization, including caching, prompt tuning, and latency improvements, ensuring efficient and cost-effective model usage across agentic systems
• Define and drive the technical roadmap, and strategy for Apple Cloud AI GenAI components, enabling scalable and secure development and deployment of agentic systems and harnesses
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and operations teams across Apple to ensure effective adoption of GenAI capabilities in high-impact workflows
• Partner with stakeholders to build reusable AI agents that enhance productivity, automate reasoning tasks, and integrate securely with internal systems and tools
• Mentor new hires and fellow engineers, fostering growth in technical depth and platform mindset
• Establish best practices and processes that ensure engineering excellence, operational sustainability, and a seamless developer experience
• Promote a healthy, inclusive, and innovation-driven team culture with a focus on experimentation, learning, and long-term platform impact

Minimum Qualifications

• 4+ years of machine learning and software development experience
• 1+ years of experience as a technical lead, guiding teams through complex design decisions and setting high benchmarks for code quality, performance, and scalability
• Hands-on experience designing and building GenAI platforms that allow users to create, configure, and deploy AI Agents supporting features like agent orchestration, prompt engineering, RAG integration, and model selection
• Experience building AI agents capable of complex multi-step reasoning and tool usage, with a focus on reliability, traceability, and composability
• Experience building and deploying Agent Harnesses, including integrations with Agent Memory and Context, MCP and tools, and runtime secure environments (Agent Sandboxes)
• In-depth understanding of security primitives for AI Agents and Harnesses including policy enforcement, MCP/tools access control, runtime security, drift and hallucination detection for long horizon agents.
• In-depth understanding of large language models (LLMs) and their application in AI-driven solutions, including inferencing, embedding, and knowledge base integration (RAG) for improved data retrieval and contextualization
• Knowledge of LLM inference optimization techniques, including prompt tuning, caching, quantization, and latency reduction across different model families
• Strong programming skills in Python, Java, or similar languages, with an emphasis on AI/ML systems development and platform engineering
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally and influence product development through a combination of technical leadership and user-centered thinking
• Passion for operational excellence, automation, and delivering scalable, developer-friendly AI infrastructure
• B.S, M.S. or PhD Degree in Computer Science/Engineering, or equivalent work experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise in 3rd party Cloud Environments (Google Cloud and AWS)
• Hands on experience in using Kubernetes as orchestration layer
• Proven experience in customizing foundation models to improve task-specific performance and domain alignment

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $150,400 and $277,600, 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. You’ll also receive benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• retirement benefits
• a range of discounted products and free services
• for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
• discretionary bonuses or commission payments
• relocation

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