Senior Backend Systems Engineer, Sensing & Connectivity

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Diego, CA
Salary
$142,300–$263,300 / yr
Posted
114 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

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This role $203k
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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

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TL;DR · Senior Backend Systems Engineer, Sensing & Connectivity

As a Senior Backend Systems Engineer, Sensing & Connectivity, you will join the location technologies group to architect and build backend systems that power navigation, emergency response, and fitness services. You will be responsible for designing and maintaining high-quality, production-grade software, including signal processing pipelines and data infrastructure that ingest crowdsourced sensor data from hundreds of millions of devices. Your daily work involves managing the full machine learning lifecycle, from feature engineering on raw sensor data to deploying models into production environments. To succeed, you must be proficient in Java or Scala and possess a strong foundation in object-oriented design, distributed systems, and real-time software architecture. You will utilize modern AI tools and solve complex problems involving large-scale telemetry data to provide location intelligence for everyday navigation and life-critical emergency scenarios.

What you'll do

  • Architect and build backend systems that process crowdsourced sensor data from millions of devices.
  • Design and maintain high-quality, production-grade software systems using Java or Scala.
  • Build signal processing pipelines and data infrastructure to ingest and interpret large-scale sensor streams.
  • Apply machine learning techniques to extract intelligence from raw sensor data at scale.
  • Manage the full ML lifecycle including problem formulation, feature engineering, and model development.
  • Develop infrastructure to deploy machine learning models reliably into production environments.
  • Implement complex mathematical or statistical algorithms to solve navigation and emergency response problems.
  • Deliver high-performance systems that meet demanding real-world efficiency requirements at a global scale.

What we're looking for

  • Proficiency in Java or equivalent backend languages such as Scala.
  • Strong foundation in object-oriented design, distributed systems, and real-time software architecture.
  • Master's or PhD in Computer Science or a Bachelor's degree with proven experience architecting production systems at scale.
  • Experience architecting and operating high-scale production backend systems.
  • Experience with crowdsourced, sensor, or telemetry data systems.
  • Ability to implement complex mathematical or statistical algorithms.
  • Familiarity with AI/ML tools for development and analysis.
  • Proficiency in Linux-based development environments.

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