Software Development Engineer, AI & Data Platforms (AiDP)

Apple Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. is looking for a Software Development Engineer for the AI & Data Platforms team in Austin, Texas. This engineer will build and deploy data streaming solutions, collaborate with teams, and influence architecture.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in Go or Java, strong SQL skills, and a passion for software development in dynamic environments. Apple fosters diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in Go or Java programming.
• 3+ years of overall software development experience.
• Experience in developing optimized SQLs and procedures for distributed applications.

Responsibilities

• Develop large scale data services platform.
• Develop APIs for foundational services.
• Collaborate with database engineers to develop services.

Skills

Go programming

Java programming

SQL development

Cloud-based application design

Kubernetes

Docker

Education

BS in Computer Science or equivalent

MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Tools

RESTful/gRPC services

ETL

Notification services

Job description

Software Development Engineer, AI & Data Platforms (AiDP)

Austin, Texas, United States Corporate Functions

AI & Data Platforms (AiDP) is IS&T's engine for AI-powered innovation. The team brings together data, application development, and machine learning — including generative AI — along with data services and customer success functions, to help IS&T build solutions more efficiently and streamline the adoption and embedding of generative AI across Apple. The most important story about any Apple application is data. As a software engineer in AiDP data services team, you will work on building database managed services and data streaming platform that power some of Apple’s most critical business use cases. You will collaborate with exceptional database engineering teams and internal stakeholders in building these solutions.

Description

We are looking for a passionate software engineer with experience in building data streaming or data centric solutions. We expect the candidate to influence platform tools, APIs and architecture. This role requires strong collaboration with internal teams to deliver a best in class product in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Design & Data services solutions: Develop and deploy large scale data services platform
• Develop services: Develop API that offer foundational services of the data services platform
• Collaboration: Collaborate with a team of database engineers and architects to develop the services

Minimum Qualifications

• 2+ years of extensive professional experience with the Go or Java programming language.
• 3+ years of software development experience
• Experience in developing highly optimized SQLs, procedures for distributed data applications.
• BS in Computer Science, or similar degree or equivalent industry experience

Preferred Qualifications

• MS in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
• Works well in dynamic environments, collaborating effectively with many other teams across our organization
• Strong programming in Golang, as you'll be working extensively with Go based systems, building both services and client software
• Hands‑on experience in designing and development of cloud‑based applications that include compute services, database services, APIs to design RESTful/gRPC services, ETL, queues and notification services.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and containerization
• Knowledge in multi-threading, concurrency and parallelism
• Have written or contributed to a batch or realtime processing system
• Able to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant

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