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
4 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

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This role $214k
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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 · Systems Software Engineer, Intelligence Orchestration, Proactive Intelligence

As a Systems Software Engineer, Intelligence Orchestration, Proactive Intelligence, you will join the Intelligence Orchestration team to build the systems infrastructure powering Apple Intelligence and Siri across multiple platforms. You will be responsible for developing daemons and frameworks that manage model inference on-device, coordinate routing to private cloud compute, and schedule document processing for search experiences. Your daily work involves the full software development lifecycle, including feature design, implementation, testing, and resolving customer-reported issues while providing technical guidance to partner teams. The role requires expert proficiency in C, Objective-C, or Swift, along with a deep understanding of operating system architecture and systems programming fundamentals. You will apply these skills to solve complex problems involving machine learning concepts and resource-constrained environments to ensure seamless performance for features like Writing Tools and Live Translations.

What you'll do

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

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).

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