Senior Software Engineer, Navigation Intelligence & Applied ML

What you'll do

• Design, develop, and maintain navigation features and services for Apple Maps.
• Deploy machine learning models and intelligent features to power the navigation experience.
• Apply heuristics and deep learning to personalize navigation based on real-time conditions.
• Write high-performance C++ production code to integrate ML models into backend and on-device environments.
• Build data pipelines for continuous model evaluation and improvement.
• Translate customer needs into technical ML solutions through cross-functional collaboration.
• Participate in design and code reviews to influence architectural decisions.

What we're looking for

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Strong industry experience building large-scale, production-grade machine learning applications.
• Proven experience applying applied Machine Learning to solve complex, customer-facing technical problems.
• Ability to write complex, highly-performant, clean, and maintainable solutions in C++.
• Solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, and software architecture.
• Experience with ML techniques applied to navigation, geospatial data, or time-series context (preferred).
• Familiarity with privacy-preserving approaches to ML and data processing (preferred).
• Experience with deep learning frameworks and writing Python tools for data exploration and prototyping (preferred).