Senior Systems Engineer, Special Projects
Apple Inc
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This role pays more than 84% of similar roles. Most pay $162,000–$247,731 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $255k versus about $205k for comparable roles.
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Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company known for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, software, and online services, including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and App Store. Industry: Consumer Electronics & Software
Apple Inc currently has 1984 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $175,000–$277,600 across 1590 roles with salary data.
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Senior AI Engineer - Services Special Projects is a senior-level role focused on building, deploying, and operationalizing Small and Large Language Model (LLM) based applications within a production environment. You will own the full model lifecycle, including fine-tuning, infrastructure design, and MLOps practices to ensure reliable delivery of LLM-powered features. Key responsibilities involve developing CI/CD pipelines, managing serving infrastructure on Kubernetes, implementing safety guardrails, and ensuring data privacy. You will work with technologies such as Python, Java, Scala, Spark, Airflow, and various inference runtimes like TensorRT and ONNX. Additionally, you will utilize tools for vector search, feature stores, and model tracking. The role addresses the technical challenges of scaling LLM services while maintaining high standards for observability, governance, and performance optimization across complex distributed systems.
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