Software Development Engineer - Data

Key Skills

3D data processing, Algorithms, Effective communication skills, High performance computing- HPC, Machine learning techniques

Job Description

Our team is on a mission to bring the latest machine learning techniques to the field of software development. We want to make it easier for our developers to write, build and test their code. We firmly believe that providing better, more intelligent tools and infrastructure to our developers will help unlock their creativity and innovation, which Apple’s customers will experience in our products. Our team is looking for data engineers to join us in our efforts. As part of our team, you will be responsible for acquiring, curating, and processing data from many sources that will be used to train and evaluate novel ML models. If you are a software or data engineer, with a passion for solving large-scale data problems, and who enjoys working in a multi-disciplinary team to deliver innovative technology, then we have many exciting problems for you to work on! You would join a small, tight-knit team of scientists and engineers who build exciting new technology, and have fun while doing so.

Key Qualifications

• Positive and respectful attitude in a diverse environment.
• Strong background in data engineering or software engineering with a focus on large-scale data systems, such as distributed systems.
• Ability to efficiently develop, debug and support new technologies in a changing environment.
• Excellent collaborative skills, with strong written and verbal communication.

Our team designs and builds innovative and intelligent tools for our developers. You will be able to bring your data engineering experience to our unique problem domains, to improve our data workflows and make our developers more creative and productive. You will be part of a data-driven team, analyzing the friction and cost associated with the scale at which we develop and ship complex software and systems. You will help develop data processing pipelines for different kinds of data, in an effort to build high quality model training and evaluation datasets. This will involve writing distributed data processing workflows that scale. You will collaborate closely with ML engineers and data scientists to identify necessary datasets and determine how to filter, transform, and process them for training experiments. You will be most successful here as a flexible and proactive engineer who thrives in a supportive, respectful, and balanced work environment with interesting and challenging problems to tackle. You have excellent judgement and integrity with the ability to make timely and sound decisions. You know how to drive constructive technical discussions, learn from your team, and use your experience to advocate and teach others. In your role as a data engineer on our team you will:

- Spend most of your time working on data collection and data processing, leveraging the infrastructure available to you at Apple.

Collaborate with your teammates to understand the team’s data needs, define requirements, and implement scalable solutions.

- Read recent ML papers to understand state-of-the-art data preparation techniques, including PII redaction, near-match deduplication, and more.

Engage with partner teams to identify common data needs, establish long-term relationships, and share knowledge.

- Develop expertise in dataset preparation for language model training and evaluation.

- Contribute to engineering high-performance and observable data processing algorithms, using distributed processing engines.

Have access to the engineers who create Apple’s full technology, tools, and operating systems stack.

HERE YOU’LL FIND THAT WE:

- Have a wide range of experience, from new engineers to Apple veterans.

Provide a relaxed work environment where you can choose when to socialize and when to dig into your projects.

- Have an encouraging and growth-focused workplace culture.

- Encourage you to use accrued vacation time and maintain a healthy work-life balance!

Education & Experience

MS or PhD in Computer Science or related experience.

Pay & Benefits

• At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $170,700 and $256,500, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.