Engineer in Bridge

The Data Platform team within the AIML organization powers analytics experimentation and ML feature engineering to enhance Siri Search and other ML features in Apple devices. The mission of the Data Platform org is to provide engineers and data scientists with an innovative, reliable, secure, and easy-to-use infrastructure for ingesting, storing, processing, and interacting with data, ultimately helping teams that build data-intensive applications succeed.

You will work with many cross-functional teams and lead the planning, execution, and success of technical projects aimed at improving the Siri and Search experience for Apple customers. We are looking for a Senior Data Infrastructure Engineer who is passionate about enhancing our data platform by building frameworks and architectures using cutting-edge technology at every level of the technical stack. You will guide product and infrastructure teams to ensure user data security is a core component in every feature we ship.

Key Qualifications:

• 10+ years of software development experience
• Experience with commercial and/or open-source large-scale data processing storage frameworks and platforms
• Experience architecting, building, and operating large-scale data processing systems in the public cloud
• Proficient in best practices and enforcement for data security and data governance
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to collaborate cross-functionally with program managers and engineering partners
• Experience in influencing and driving key product innovations and opportunities across diverse collaborators
• Passionate about operational excellence through proper automation and engineering processes
• Strong distributed systems and engineering background
• Superb problem-solving skills and able to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment

Bonus:

• Experience working with or developing Large-language models (LLMs)
• Experience developing and optimizing algorithms that run efficiently on resource-constrained platforms
• Design, implementation, and benchmarking/finetuning of ML/deep learning algorithms
• Familiarity with GPU computing or ML modeling frameworks

You will be responsible for defining and driving the data security roadmap for our data platform, offering the best data security control and governance across our stack at Apple scale. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams of innovative software engineers, product managers, and engineering managers to continually enhance our security posture.

We embrace the use of open-source technologies including Kubernetes, Ranger for secured compute platform, and Spark, Flink, Trino, Iceberg for data processing.

Responsibilities include:

• Define and drive technical vision, roadmap, and strategy for data security of our platform
• Participate in product design reviews to ensure security is a core component of design
• Collaborate with stakeholders and cross-functional leaders in engineering, product, and operations across Apple to ensure the adoption of our data platform is done in a security-compliant manner
• Liaison and coordinate with Corporate Information Security group for reviews, risk assessment, vulnerability treatment, security patches, etc.
• Lead and mentor new hires or junior engineers
• Provide guidance and establish processes to ensure engineering excellence and operational sustainability with security compliance
• Foster a healthy, inclusive, collaborative, and technology-driven culture

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Apple is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. Apple is a drug-free workplace.

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 $300,200, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition.