Senior Software Engineer, ML Build & Release Quality

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$175,000–$308,500 / yr
Posted
82 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 Software Engineer, ML Build & Release Quality

Senior Software Engineer, ML Build & Release Quality - Private Cloud Computing joins the Private Cloud Compute team to lead testing, validation, and automation for next-generation datacenter technology. This role involves driving test strategies, owning the build pipeline for LLMs on Private Cloud Compute, and managing model weights across OS release trains. You will automate staged rollouts, lead incident responses for inference releases, and collaborate with hardware and platform teams to validate novel compute platforms. The position requires expertise in large-scale build systems using C++, Swift, and Python toolchains, alongside CI/CD experience at scale. You will solve complex problems at the hardware-software boundary, focusing on performance profiling and energy efficiency for high-performance computing workloads, specifically supporting Apple Intelligence and Private Cloud Compute infrastructure.

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What you'll do

  • Perform daily build qualification and provide recommendations for staging and production environments.
  • Own the build pipeline for Large Language Models (LLMs) on Private Cloud Compute.
  • Manage model weights across OS release trains and server-side model updates.
  • Automate staged rollouts across OS releases and Private Cloud Compute releases.
  • Develop test strategies and automation infrastructure for complex distributed systems.
  • Lead incident response and conduct postmortems for inference release issues.
  • Validate novel compute platforms in collaboration with hardware and platform teams.

What we're looking for

  • 10 or more years of experience in release engineering, build infrastructure, and production releases.
  • BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
  • MS or PhD in a relevant field (preferred).
  • Expertise with large-scale build systems and C++/Swift/Python toolchains.
  • Experience with CI/CD at scale with a focus on cost, cache, and flake reduction.
  • Track record of shipping on tight, non-negotiable deadlines tied to OS or hardware launches.
  • Experience validating ML or LLM workloads on hardware accelerators like GPUs, NPUs, or Apple Silicon in cloud/datacenter environments (preferred).
  • Experience building test infrastructure for hardware-software boundaries, including firmware, drivers, or low-level platform software (preferred).

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