Senior Staff Core Infrastructure Engineer, AI, Search & Knowledge Platforms

Apple Inc

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Location
Seattle, WA
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$175,000–$308,500 / yr
Posted
56 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 Staff Core Infrastructure Engineer, AI, Search & Knowledge Platforms

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The Staff/Sr. Core Infrastructure Engineer, AI, Search & Knowledge Platforms joins the Core Infra team to build infrastructure for information intelligence. This role involves designing, developing, and operating large-scale backend infrastructure to power search features and information intelligence. You will optimize massive-scale data pipelines to process trillions of links and petabytes of data to improve link selection, freshness, retrieval rates, and extraction quality. Key responsibilities include managing the Kubernetes cluster lifecycle, including control plane, container orchestration, networking, and storage. You must demonstrate expertise in distributed systems, backend services, and networking protocols like TCP/IP, DNS, and HTTP. The work focuses on solving complex problems in information retrieval, web search, and ranking systems to support features for billions of users within the Apple Intelligence initiative.

Skills

Kubernetes Distributed Systems AWS GCP Data Pipelines TCP/IP DNS HTTP System Design Information Retrieval Ranking Systems Data Structures Algorithms Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring

What you'll do

  • Design, develop, and operate large-scale backend infrastructure for information intelligence and search features.
  • Optimize massive-scale data pipelines to process large volumes of data.
  • Analyze web pages to extract critical features for indexing and ranking.
  • Apply statistical analysis to improve link selection, freshness, and retrieval rates.
  • Manage the end-to-end ownership of the Kubernetes cluster lifecycle.
  • Monitor key metrics and troubleshoot complex issues to ensure infrastructure health.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation to maintain critical systems.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of experience in software development for developing and operating large-scale cloud infrastructure.
  • End to end ownership of the Kubernetes cluster lifecycle including control plane, container orchestration, networking, and storage.
  • Proven experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems and backend services using cloud platforms and Kubernetes.
  • Solid understanding of networking protocols such as TCP/IP, DNS, and HTTP in large-scale systems.
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and system design.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills for working with cross-functional teams.
  • BS, MS, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience with large-scale data processing, information retrieval, web search, or ranking systems (preferred).

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