Senior Data Engineer, AIML

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Cupertino, CA
Salary: $184,700–$324,800 / yr
Posted: 36 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $182k

This role $255k

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This role pays more than 90% of similar roles. Most pay $139,654–$223,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $255k versus about $182k for comparable roles.

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About Apple Inc

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 Data Engineer, AIML

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The Sr Data Engineer, AIML joins the AI and Machine Learning team to build world-class data infrastructure and solutions that power the Apple Foundation Model lifecycle. This role involves designing, building, and maintaining scalable batch and streaming data pipelines, data platforms, and integration solutions for analytics, machine learning, and business intelligence. The successful candidate will develop ETL/ELT workflows, manage data models in BigQuery, and ensure data quality and governance across internal and external systems. Key technologies include Python, Google Cloud Platform services such as Pub/Sub, Dataflow (Apache Beam), BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Dataproc, and Composer. The role focuses on the technical challenges of supporting machine learning research, MLOps workflows, feature engineering, and training data generation for large-scale distributed systems, including experience with Generative AI and LLM-based systems like agentic pipelines and vector-based retrieval.

What does a Data Engineer earn in California?

Median $199800 from 35 postings across 19 companies.

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Skills

Python Google Cloud Platform BigQuery Dataflow Apache Beam Pub/Sub Spark Dataproc Cloud Storage Composer Airflow ETL ELT CI/CD MLOps Distributed Systems Generative AI LLM

What you'll do

Design and optimize large-scale batch and streaming data pipelines using Google Cloud Dataflow and Apache Beam.
Develop and maintain data models and transformations in BigQuery to support analytics and machine learning use cases.
Build scalable data architectures utilizing GCP services including Pub/Sub, Dataproc, and Composer.
Integrate data from multiple internal and external systems while ensuring quality, consistency, and lineage.
Create robust ETL/ELT workflows and orchestration pipelines using cloud-native tooling.
Monitor and troubleshoot data pipelines to improve performance, cost efficiency, and reliability.
Implement security protocols, access controls, and compliance measures within cloud environments.
Support ML pipelines and MLOps workflows including feature engineering and training data generation.

What we're looking for

Minimum 10 years of experience in data engineering, backend engineering, or distributed systems.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
Experience designing and building large-scale batch and streaming data pipelines using Python and distributed systems.
Expertise in the Google Cloud Platform ecosystem including BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, and Composer.
Proficiency in ETL/ELT development, event-driven architectures, and Spark-based processing.
Proficiency in version control, CI/CD practices, testing, and code reviews.
Experience supporting ML pipelines, MLOps workflows, and Generative AI or LLM-based systems.
Experience with data governance, lineage, metadata management, and building reliable distributed systems.