Senior Data Scientist, Special Projects

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Cupertino, CA
Salary
$144,600–$263,800 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

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This role $204k
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This role pays more than 69% of similar roles. Most pay $145,200–$215,250 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $204k versus about $180k for comparable roles.

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About Apple Inc

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 Data Scientist, Special Projects

As a Senior Data Scientist - Special Projects, you will join a team operating at the intersection of hardware, software, and intelligence to develop systems for AI-driven experiences. You will manage the full data lifecycle by analyzing large volumes of multi-modal data from devices and cloud systems to identify trends and anomalies. Your daily responsibilities include building search and retrieval mechanisms, designing interactive dashboards, and creating evaluation frameworks to assess model behavior and system performance. To succeed, you must be proficient in Python, SQL, and NoSQL environments while utilizing various data visualization tools. You will also apply statistical modeling, time-series analysis, and information retrieval techniques like ranking and embedding-based search. This role solves complex problems regarding data quality, indexing strategies, and the interpretation of high-dimensional datasets within a multi-modal ecosystem.

What does a Data Scientist earn in California?

Median $214000 from 69 postings across 24 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Analyze and model large volumes of multi-modal data from devices and cloud systems to identify trends and anomalies.
  • Build interactive dashboards, visualizations, and metrics to help engineering teams evaluate system behavior.
  • Develop search, retrieval, and indexing strategies to make large-scale data more accessible and actionable.
  • Design evaluation frameworks, KPIs, and diagnostics to assess data quality and model performance with AI engineers.
  • Collaborate with cloud engineers to determine how data is organized, stored, and exposed for efficient querying.
  • Investigate data quality issues and define validation strategies to improve collection and pipeline design.
  • Translate complex technical findings into clear written analyses and visual stories for cross-functional stakeholders.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of industry experience in data science, analytics engineering, or applied research roles.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and common data analysis libraries.
  • Expertise with data visualization tools and frameworks for building interactive dashboards.
  • Experience querying and modeling data in SQL and NoSQL environments.
  • Ability to analyze large-scale, high-dimensional, and multi-modal datasets.
  • Familiarity with designing or using search and retrieval systems for large-scale data.
  • Experience designing KPIs, evaluation metrics, or experiment analyses for complex systems.
  • Strong statistical intuition including exploratory data analysis and hypothesis testing.
  • Experience working with data from distributed/real-time systems, robotics, or multi-modal AI (preferred).
  • Familiarity with information retrieval techniques like ranking, embedding-based search, and relevance modeling (preferred).
  • Knowledge of metadata management, cataloging, or data documentation strategies (preferred).
  • Background in statistical modeling, time-series analysis, or anomaly detection (preferred).
  • Understanding of cloud-scale data processing and distributed compute frameworks (preferred).

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