Senior ML and Backend Software Engineer - Special Projects

As an engineer in the Special Projects group, you will have an opportunity to be part of an innovation-focused organization within Apple that is building tooling for model evaluation. These platforms serve the integrations between robotics, generative AI, and data analysis. You will be able to work on highly ambitious, high-reward, and impactful projects in the early stages of development. This team has a strong focus on building useful tooling and shipping innovative user experiences for our cross-functional partners. Our ideal team member is fearless when it comes to trying new things and is willing to iterate on ideas. We value team members who can quickly prototype, iterating all the way to high-quality implementations. Moreover, we value team members who can collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams across the organization. As a member of this team, you will use your background to build any subset of the following (but not be limited to): Backend and infra systems using your deep expertise in Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies. You will help design, scale, and operate our platforms. You will own core infrastructure components, influence architectural decisions, and partner closely with cross-functional teams to ensure our systems are reliable, secure, and highly performant. Implement Python tooling and large systems for user-facing applications to help accelerate model evaluation, testing, and validation. Integrate with various models to scale up and improve capabilities of systems that employ ML. Strong Python development experience. Strong experience with infra, cloud-native platform engineering, and Kubernetes deployment. Experience with ML systems and model evaluation. Experience with relational database systems. Experience with large-scale web development. Passion for software system architecture, API design, and developer experience. Industry experience bringing AI systems from advanced research to production. Excellent team collaboration skills. Strong verbal and written communication skills. BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field and 5+ years of experience Experience with React.js and web UI frameworks is a plus. Experience with robotics, embodied AI, or LLMs is a plus.

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