Senior Software Engineer, Applied ML - Watch Software

Apple; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple's team is building ML-driven features that sense user context on Apple Watch and home devices. You will work across disciplines to prototype, train, and ship on-device models that enhance health, safety, and user experience.

You will collaborate with product and research teams, contribute to scalable pipelines, and deliver production-ready code in Swift and Python on Apple platforms. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, operate in a fast-paced environment, and help shape the

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Expertise using Swift to develop on Apple platforms.
• Familiarity with Python and numerical processing libraries for time series analysis.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work independently or in small teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop ML-driven product features for Apple Watch and related devices.
• Build scalable modeling pipelines for data processing, training, and evaluation.

Skills

communication

Swift

Python

NumPy

Matplotlib

pandas

Education

MS in Computer Science

Tools

Swift

Python

NumPy

Matplotlib

pandas

Job description

Our team is working toward a future where our devices are aware of us and our environment, they directly support our health and wellbeing, and they nudge us to be more thoughtful, present, and inspired human beings. We believe there is huge opportunity to improve lives and the world by understanding people, our activities, connections, and the environments we live in using sensing and machine learning on our devices.

Our team works with cross-functional partners across Apple to create high-impact features and new ways to interact on Apple Watch, home products, and new hardware. We prototype new experiences, develop and ship products, and publish our work. We are a creative, multi-disciplinary, optimistic, and collaborative team.

Come join us and build the future!

The team you will join is responsible for creating the technologies that power new, innovative product features for Apple Watch, like DoubleTap, AssistiveTouch, Handwashing, and Raise to Speak. We are highly collaborative and partner with a variety of research and product teams across Apple to explore novel experiences and ship features.

We are looking for a versatile Software Engineer who is passionate about developing innovative, ML-driven product features that push the boundaries of sensing and human-computer interaction, and who can work across disciplines — from building scalable modeling pipelines to rapid on-device prototyping and full-scale productization.

Minimum Qualifications

5+ years of professional software development experience.
Expertise using Swift to develop on Apple platforms.
Familiarity with Python and numerical processing libraries (NumPy, Matplotlib, pandas) for time series analysis.
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work independently or in small teams.

Preferred Qualifications

M.S. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field.
Knowledge of machine learning methods and statistical analysis.
Experience building scalable modeling pipelines for data processing, training, and evaluation.