Software Engineer (Agentic AI), AI & Data Platforms (AiDP)

Apple Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Austin, Texas is looking for a Sr Software Engineer to enhance their AI and data platforms. This role involves designing backend services, integrating Large Language Models into developer tools, and collaborating on new AI capabilities. The ideal candidate has strong experience in software engineering, particularly with AI agents, distributed systems, and excellent programming skills in various languages. This position offers a chance to be at the forefront of innovation at a well-known firm.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in software engineering or machine learning.
• Hands-on experience building AI agents with Large Language Models.
• Strong programming skills in Python, Java, Go, or TypeScript.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain backend services for AI workflows.
• Integrate LLMs into developer tools and services.
• Collaborate with researchers to implement AI capabilities.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

AI tools

Programming in Python

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

LangChain

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Sr Software Engineer (Agentic AI), AI & Data Platforms

Austin, Texas, United States Machine Learning and AI

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, we believe new insights have a way of becoming excellent products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. The people here at Apple don’t just create products — they create the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it.Developer experience platform team is looking for an extraordinary Software engineer to join our team. You will help design, implement various developer front end tools to build our next gen developer experience platform and accelerate app development inside Apple.

Description

The Developer Experience Platform team builds the frameworks, services and AI tools that help Apple’s enterprise developers move faster through the software development lifecycle. We’re creating a new AI-powered developer platform that brings together ai agents and autonomous workflows to support how apps are built across Apple.This is a hands-on engineering role with broad impact. You’ll contribute to building the backbone of our agentic AI platform, balancing reliability and scale with experimentation and innovation.The right candidate has strong backend and distributed systems expertise, practical experience with AI agents, and a focus on building reliable systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain backend services and orchestration systems that power multi-agent AI workflows.
• Build reliable systems that integrate large language models (LLMs) into developer tools and services.
• Work on cloud deployments, CI/CD, and MLOps practices to keep AI services reliable and scalable.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to bring new AI capabilities into production.
• Partner with developers to understand their needs and improve the experience of using AI-powered tools.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 4+ years of industry experience in software engineering or machine learning
• Hands-on experience building AI agents with Large Language Models (LLMs), including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), using frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, Pydantic AI, or CrewAI
• Strong programming skills in multiple languages (e.g., Python, Java, Go, Node.js, or TypeScript), with solid experience designing and developing distributed systems, backend services, and APIs in production environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with deploying and operating services in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure), including containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and MLOps practices for deploying, scaling, and monitoring LLM-powered services
• Background in building REST or GraphQL APIs, microservices, and event-driven systems
• Knowledge of vector databases, memory systems, and human-in-the-loop workflows
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across ML research, platform engineering, and product teams

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 .

Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.