Senior ML Optimization Engineer

Apple Inc

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On-site
Location
Culver City, CA
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$175,000–$308,500 / yr
Posted
73 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 ML Optimization Engineer

As a Sr. ML Optimization Engineer, iCloud, you will join the iCloud services organization to improve cloud service efficiency through advanced infrastructure strategy and applied analytics. You will be responsible for analyzing infrastructure usage patterns, performing data-driven capacity planning, and formulating solutions for large-scale optimization problems to allocate capacity and schedule workloads while minimizing cost under reliability and latency constraints. Your daily work involves collaborating with engineering, data science, and finance teams to develop sophisticated cost models and forecasting strategies. The role requires expertise in software engineering, machine learning-based modeling, time-series forecasting, and platform observability tools. You will apply classical optimization techniques and machine learning pipelines to solve complex problems regarding resource utilization and service performance within a large-scale cloud infrastructure environment to ensure scalability and minimize waste for global services.

What you'll do

  • Optimize the design, deployment, and operation of iCloud services.
  • Analyze infrastructure usage patterns to drive data-driven capacity planning.
  • Formulate and solve large-scale optimization problems to allocate capacity and schedule workloads.
  • Develop sophisticated cost models for large-scale cloud services.
  • Implement machine learning-based modeling and time-series forecasting for resource management.
  • Minimize service costs while maintaining strict reliability and latency constraints.
  • Utilize platform observability tools to gain insights into service performance and drive optimizations.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • PhD in CS or a related field with a focus on machine learning, optimization, or large-scale distributed systems is preferred.
  • 3+ years of relevant experience in large-scale cloud services or similar environments.
  • Strong software engineering background and experience with ML-based modeling and time-series forecasting.
  • Experience developing cost models and strategies for software services to ensure optimal resource utilization.
  • Hands-on experience with platform observability tools to gain insights into service performance.
  • Experience applying classical optimization techniques to real-world systems or infrastructure problems.
  • Demonstrated experience in capacity planning and resource optimization using machine learning or optimization techniques.

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