Senior LLM Release Engineer, Private Cloud Compute

Apple Inc

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On-site
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$139,500–$258,100 / yr
Posted
4 days ago
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99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Senior LLM Release Engineer, Private Cloud Compute

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Apple’s Private Cloud Compute team seeks a Senior LLM Release Engineer to drive the deployment of Large Language Models (LLMs) across hundreds of millions of iOS devices. This role involves designing and maintaining build pipelines for LLMs, managing model weights, automating rollouts, collaborating with cross-functional teams like Foundation Models and Security, leading incident response, and ensuring daily build qualification. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience in release engineering and expertise in C++, Swift, and Python, along with a proven track record in CI/CD at scale. Additional preferred qualifications include validation of ML workloads on hardware accelerators, low-level systems knowledge, performance engineering skills, and cloud infrastructure experience. This high-impact position requires deep technical proficiency to ensure LLM inference is performant, secure, and reliable across Apple’s global user base.

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Python C++ Swift CI/CD Terraform AWS Kubernetes Docker PostgreSQL Git Jenkins Ansible Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

  • Design and maintain the build pipeline for LLMs on Private Cloud Compute.
  • Manage model weights across OS release trains and coordinate server-side updates.
  • Build and automate staged rollout systems for OS releases and Private Cloud Compute.
  • Lead incident response and postmortems to ensure 24/7 reliability of inference services.
  • Drive daily build qualification and provide critical recommendations for staging environments.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to validate novel compute platforms before production.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of experience in release engineering and large-scale system production releases.
  • Expert proficiency with C++, Swift, and Python for build infrastructure.
  • Proven track record of designing and operating cost-efficient CI/CD systems at scale.
  • Experience shipping software under tight deadlines tied to major hardware or OS launches.
  • Deep technical expertise in managing model weights across OS release trains.
  • Ability to lead incident response and conduct postmortems for inference release issues.

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