Systems Software Engineer, Intelligence Orchestration, Proactive Intelligence

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Cupertino, CA
Salary: $150,400–$277,600 / yr
Posted: 118 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Systems Software Engineer, Intelligence Orchestration, Proactive Intelligence

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The Systems Software Engineer, Intelligence Orchestration, Proactive Intelligence joins the Intelligence Orchestration team to build the systems infrastructure for Apple Intelligence, Siri, and related intelligence-powered experiences. You will own the development of daemons and frameworks that support on-device intelligence features across iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS. Your daily responsibilities include managing models for on-device inference, coordinating routing to private cloud compute, and scheduling document processing for search experiences. You will contribute across the full software development lifecycle, providing design guidance to partner engineering teams. The role requires expert-level proficiency in C, Objective-C, or Swift, along with knowledge of operating system architecture, systems programming, and machine learning concepts. You will solve technical problems involving resource-constrained environments and on-device reporting for intelligence workloads.

Skills

C Objective-C Swift Unix Linux macOS iOS Systems Programming Machine Learning Daemons Frameworks On-device Inference Private Cloud Compute

What you'll do

Design, develop, and maintain daemons and frameworks for on-device intelligence features.
Manage models for on-device inference and coordinate routing to private cloud compute.
Schedule and optimize document processing workloads to power search experiences.
Develop and improve unit tests and performance tests for system components.
Diagnose and resolve customer-reported issues across Apple platforms.
Provide design guidance and technical expertise to partner engineering teams.

What we're looking for

Expert-level proficiency in C, Objective-C, or Swift.
Knowledge of operating system architecture and systems programming fundamentals.
Experience developing daemons, libraries, or command-line tools on a Unix or Linux platform.
Familiarity with machine learning concepts.
Analytical and debugging skills.
Experience applying machine learning concepts in a systems engineering context (preferred).
Development experience on macOS or iOS (preferred).
Experience with agentic coding tools or AI-assisted development workflows (preferred).