Senior ML Platform Engineer — Build Scalable AI Tooling

Apple Inc.; Cupertino, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock programs

Relocation support

Education reimbursement

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, CA is seeking a Senior ML Platform Engineer for the Special Projects group. You will build backend infra with Kubernetes, develop Python tooling for model evaluation, and integrate diverse models to scale ML-enabled platforms. Collaboration across robotics, generative AI, and data analysis is essential.

The role emphasizes rapid prototyping, scalable architecture, and delivering high-quality implementations in a cross-functional team environment.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with infra, cloud-native platform engineering, and Kubernetes deployment.
• Experience with ML systems and model evaluation.
• Experience with relational database systems.
• Experience with large-scale web development.
• Passion for software system 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 and 5+ years of experience.

Responsibilities

• As a member of this team, you will use your background to build any subset of the following (but not be limited to):
• Backend and infra systems using your deep expertise in Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies. You will help design, scale, and operate our platforms. You will 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

ML systems

API design

team collaboration

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

React.js

Job description

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, CA is seeking a Senior ML Platform Engineer for the Special Projects group. You will build backend infra with Kubernetes, develop Python tooling for model evaluation, and integrate diverse models to scale ML-enabled platforms. Collaboration across robotics, generative AI, and data analysis is essential.

The role emphasizes rapid prototyping, scalable architecture, and delivering high-quality implementations in a cross-functional team environment.