Sr. Software Engineer, AI, Search & Knowledge Platforms

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$181,100–$272,100 / yr
Posted
32 days ago

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This role $227k
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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 · Sr. Software Engineer, AI, Search & Knowledge Platforms

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As a Senior Software Engineer on the AI and Search Platforms team at Apple, you will design and build distributed systems that power search functionalities across various products like Siri, Music, and the App Store. Your daily tasks include developing agentic orchestration frameworks to coordinate complex workflows, enhancing configuration management infrastructure for scalable tuning of search behavior, and ensuring high reliability and performance in handling massive traffic volumes. You will also define technical direction for APIs used by multiple teams, collaborate with cross-functional groups to address their needs, and mentor junior engineers while fostering a strong engineering culture. The role requires expertise in backend development using languages such as Go, Rust, C++, or Java, along with deep knowledge of distributed systems and large-scale service design. Experience with orchestration frameworks, configuration management at scale, and agentic AI patterns is highly valued.

Skills

Go Rust C++ Java Docker Kubernetes AWS CI/CD Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL Redis Elasticsearch GraphQL REST DAG-based execution engines Task schedulers Feature flagging Dynamic config propagation Search systems Information retrieval systems Agentic AI patterns

What you'll do

  • Design and implement distributed frameworks for coordinating complex workflows across services.
  • Build and maintain configuration management infrastructure for scalable search behavior tuning.
  • Ensure reliability and performance of high-throughput, low-latency search traffic services.
  • Define technical direction for framework APIs used by multiple product teams.
  • Identify and resolve systemic performance bottlenecks in large-scale backend systems.
  • Mentor engineers on the team to foster a strong engineering culture.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience
  • Proficiency in Go, Rust, C++, or Java
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems and fault tolerance
  • Experience designing and operating large-scale backend services
  • Track record of leading cross-team technical initiatives
  • Strong focus on collaboration and problem-solving skills

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