Sr. Software Development Engineer, AI & Data Platforms (AiDP)

Apple Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 216,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical and dental

Employee stock programs

Relocation assistance

Educational expense reimbursement

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA seeks a Sr. Software Development Engineer for AI & Data Platforms (AiDP) to design and build high-throughput data pipelines and AI-powered insights, owning products end-to-end.

You will lead architecture decisions, work with product and design, and ensure operational health while shipping features that move the needle across Apple’s AI initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience with production-grade full-stack and backend services.

Responsibilities

• Design and build core platform capabilities for high-throughput data pipelines and AI-powered insights.
• Own products through full lifecycle: shipping features and resolving production issues.

Skills

Node.js

ReactJS

TypeScript

Java

Kafka

Flink

LLM integration

NLP pipelines

Agentic automation

SQL

NoSQL

Education

BS in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Sr. Software Development Engineer, AI & Data Platforms (AiDP)

Sunnyvale, California, United States Software and Services

Do you want to help build some of the largest and most consequential enterprise and customer technology systems in the world? Join Apple's Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) organization. IS&T is the engine behind everything Apple does for customers and for the people who build for them. Its central nervous system. Supporting 2.5 billion active Apple devices, processing billions of secure transactions, and keeping the technology that defines modern life running flawlessly, IS&T makes the impossible feel effortless. Do you love building solutions to handle global complexity and immense scale? Imagine what you could do here. 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.

Description

The role will design and build core platform capabilities - from high-throughput data pipelines for business automation to AI-powered insights and agentic automation to the interfaces that put them in users' hands. You own your products through the full lifecycle: shipping new features, triaging and resolving critical production issues, and ensuring operational health. You will provide technical leadership on architecture, engineering standards, and technology choices, and partner closely with product and design to ensure what we build actually moves the needle.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years building and scaling production-grade full-stack and backend services using Node.js, ReactJS, TypeScript, and Java.
• Experience with Kafka and Flink for event-driven architectures, real-time stream processing, and distributed systems.
• Experience building AI-powered products, including LLM integration, agentic workflows, NLP pipelines, and intelligent automation.
• Hands-on with cloud-native stack: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS
• Proficient with SQL and NoSQL databases at scale
• BS in Computer Science, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with microservices, system design, scalability, fault tolerance, concurrency, and performance optimization.
• Solid CI/CD and DevOps practices
• Proven ability to deliver end-to-end product features with a product-owner mindset and focus on user/business outcomes.
• Ability to translate ambiguous business problems into clean, scalable technical designs
• Strong communicator who collaborates naturally across engineering, product, and stakeholders
• Passion for quality, attention to detail and internationalization

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $216,200 and $324,800, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

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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