Senior iCloud Efficiency Engineer (GenAI & Agentic Systems)

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Diego, CA
Salary
$201,300–$367,400 / yr
Posted
34 days ago

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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 iCloud Efficiency Engineer (GenAI & Agentic Systems)

As a Senior iCloud Efficiency Engineer focused on GenAI and agentic systems at Apple’s iCloud services organization, you will lead the technical direction for integrating generative AI into large-scale infrastructure operations. Your daily tasks include designing and deploying intelligent automation pipelines, building agentic workflows with LLMs like Claude, and developing AI-assisted capacity planning tools. You will collaborate closely with data science, SRE, and finance teams to identify efficiency opportunities and implement scalable solutions that enhance engineering productivity and operational reliability. Essential skills for this role include hands-on experience with GenAI technologies, proficiency in Python or Java, and a strong background in cloud infrastructure operations. Your work will significantly impact the operational and financial efficiency of Apple’s private cloud environment supporting iCloud and other critical services.

What you'll do

  • Design and implement GenAI-powered solutions to enhance iCloud services efficiency.
  • Build agentic systems using Claude, LLM frameworks, and intelligent automation pipelines.
  • Develop AI-assisted workflows for capacity planning, anomaly detection, and forecasting.
  • Partner with SRE and infrastructure teams to identify and deploy scalable AI solutions.
  • Create safe agent workflows with strong observability and human-in-the-loop validation.
  • Improve engineering decision-making by integrating infrastructure telemetry and LLM reasoning.
  • Drive adoption of AI-first practices that reduce toil and optimize cost structures.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience in software engineering, infrastructure engineering, or large-scale cloud services environments
  • Proven experience designing and building production GenAI, ML platform, developer productivity, or tooling systems
  • Hands-on expertise with LLM application architecture, including retrieval, context engineering, workflow orchestration, and agentic workflows
  • Demonstrated technical leadership across teams, influencing roadmaps, mentoring, and driving adoption of shared practices
  • Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure operations, observability, deployment systems, and operational safety principles
  • Exceptional analytical skills, systems thinking, and cross-functional communication abilities

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