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

Summary

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. It’s Apple’s 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

Pay & Benefits — Sunnyvale, California, United States

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.

Application Deadline

Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.