Staff AI Engineer: LLM Prototyping for Manufacturing

Apple Inc.; Cupertino, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 325,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, CA is seeking a Staff level Software Engineer to advance Manufacturing Systems and Operations using the latest LLMs and fine-tuned models. You will move fast from whiteboard to production, prototyping ideas and collaborating across organizations to deliver scalable solutions.

The role requires deep backend experience, API design, and ML model integration with design, manufacturing, and supply chain teams, delivering impactful software running in production at scale.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in a senior role across the full tech stack.
• 10+ years building robust HTTP APIs and backend services.
• Expert level in at least one modern language (Go preferred; Python/Java).
• Experience leveraging APIs from the latest LLMs.

Skills

Senior leadership

HTTP APIs

Go

Python

Java

LLM APIs

Tools

PostgreSQL

Snowflake

ETL pipelines

Job description

Apple Inc. in Cupertino, CA is seeking a Staff level Software Engineer to advance Manufacturing Systems and Operations using the latest LLMs and fine-tuned models. You will move fast from whiteboard to production, prototyping ideas and collaborating across organizations to deliver scalable solutions.

The role requires deep backend experience, API design, and ML model integration with design, manufacturing, and supply chain teams, delivering impactful software running in production at scale.