Software Engineer - AiDP Reliability Engineering, IS&T, Early Career Opportunities

Apple Inc.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer for AiDP Reliability Engineering within IS&T. Based in Austin, TX, you will join the Applied Machine Learning team to build and operate large-scale ML, GenAI, Inference, and Big Data platforms across Apple 9s enterprise ecosystem.

The role focuses on resilient, high-performance distributed systems. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams on multi-tenant services, drive projects end-to-end, and tackle production challenges in hybrid cloud

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in CS/CE or equivalent
• Proficient in Python, Java, or Go
• Strong OS, networking, security fundamentals
• Relevant internship experience

Responsibilities

• Work on multi-tenant, high-throughput services and platforms
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver features
• Lead projects from design discussions to release delivery
• Operate, scale, and optimize distributed systems
• Diagnose and resolve production issues

Skills

Python

Java

Go

Strong CS fundamentals

Education

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Spark

Flink

Trino

Iceberg

Kubernetes

Flux/Argo CD

Job description

Software Engineer - AiDP Reliability Engineering, IS&T, Early Career Opportunities

Austin, Texas, United States Software and Services

The Applied Machine Learning team in AI and Data Platform org has been at the forefront of accelerating digital transformation through machine learning across Apple's enterprise ecosystem. We build and operate ML, GenAI, Inference and Data Platforms and Services to provide a comprehensive suite of capabilities—serving business-critical needs across Apple’s enterprise. We work on interesting and hard challenges related to scale and performance across diverse set of open source and cutting edge technologies.We are looking for a talented engineer to join our team and bring passion for building and operating large scale platform and distributed systems leveraging cutting edge open source technologies across hybrid cloud environments!

Description

We are looking for engineers who have strong coding skills and computer science foundation with passion for building resilient and highly performant distributed systems. As a software engineer in AiDP reliability engineering you will work on one or many projects related to GenAI, ML, Inference and Big data platform.

• Build, enhance, and maintain multi-tenant systems employing diverse technologies
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams to deliver impactful customer features
• Lead projects through full lifecycle, from design discussions to release delivery
• Operate, scale, and optimize high-throughput and highly concurrent services
• Diagnose, resolve, and prevent production and operational challenges

We are looking for enthusiastic engineers with interest in one of the following areas:

• ML Engineers
• Big Data Engineer
• Platform Reliability Engineer

Responsibilities

• The successful candidate will be amenable to working in an exciting, fast paced, dynamic, collaborative environment. The person filling this position must be a hands-on, hardworking, self-motivated developer with strong initiative. You will have a real passion for extraordinary user experiences and an eye for details.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent technical degree
• Proficient programming knowledge in one of the following areas: Python, Java, or Go Programming and ability to read and explain open source codebase
• Good foundation of Operating Systems, Networking and Security Principles
• Relevant Internship experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent analytical & problem solving skills
• Exposure to Model Training or Fine Tuning methodologies
• Exposure to Spark/Flink/Trino/Iceberg and other modern cloud native big data technologies
• Exposure to Kubernetes and other cloud native technologies like Flux/Argo CD

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