Apple

AI Data & Infrastructure Engineer

Apple$145K — $175K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, or a related field.
  • 8+ years of experience in designing and building scalable data platforms and distributed systems.
  • Strong programming skills in Python and SQL; proficiency in Java or Scala is preferred.
  • Experience with tools like Airflow, Kubeflow, or MLflow for building AI data pipelines.
  • Proficient in batch and streaming data pipelines using Spark (PySpark), Kafka, and modern data lake architectures.
  • Understanding of RAG architectures and AI data preparation for LLMs.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

  • Create scalable architectures for AI data orchestration.
  • Develop and maintain AI data platforms and APIs for automation.
  • Design data ingestion, transformation, and publishing pipelines for diverse data types.
  • Implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines and integrate vector databases.
  • Quickly prototype ideas for team collaboration and product iteration.
  • Build tools to enhance observability and debuggability of AI systems.
  • Optimize platform performance and reliability in cloud-native environments.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI technologies.
  • Collaborative environment with cross-functional teams.
  • Chances for continuous learning and professional development.
  • Exposure to large-scale manufacturing operations and infrastructure.
Full Job Description
Manufacturing Systems and Infrastructure (MSI) team is an engineering organization under the Product Operations org. MSI is responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of systems tools, services, and applications required to efficiently run manufacturing operations at scale across global factory sites.

As an AI Data & Infrastructure Engineer with the MSI team, you will won the end to end design, build, and operation of scalable AI data systems that power enterprise GenAI and Agentic AI capabilities. Your work spans core platform services, data pipeline development and infrastructure provisioning, enabling manufacturing workflow automation through Agents and Agent skills.

Description

Create robust, scalable architectures for systems that handle data orchestration for AI features

Design, build, and maintain scalable AI data platforms, services, and APIs that support and enable Agentic AI workflow development & automation.

Develop data ingestion, transformation, and publishing pipelines for structured, unstructured, and multimodal data.

Design and implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, embedding workflows, vector database integrations, and metadata services for enterprise AI applications.

Be able to quickly build an idea so you and the team can work with hands-on products. Then iterate on the best of those prototypes.

Build and integrate tools that help make complex AI systems observable, understandable and debuggable

Strong understanding of distributed systems, parallel computing, and performance optimization

Collaborate with AI/ML engineers, software engineers, product teams, and domain experts to define AI data requirements and deliver production-ready data solutions.

Optimize platform scalability, reliability, performance, security, and cost across cloud-native environments and Agentic systems.

Ability to clearly communicate complex technical problems and collaborate with partners to develop solutions

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, or a related field.

8+ Experience designing and building scalable data platforms and distributed systems.

Strong programming skills in Python and SQL, with proficiency in Java or Scala preferred.

Experience with Airflow, Kubeflow, or MLflow to build and orchestrate scalable AI data pipelines.

Experience building scalable batch and streaming data pipelines using Spark (PySpark), Kafka, Airflow, and Ray, with proficiency in Pandas and modern data lake/lakehouse architectures (e.g., Iceberg, Delta Lake).

Experience using modern development tools, including AI-assisted coding tools, while applying sound engineering judgment to review, validate, and improve generated code.

Knowledge of RAG architectures, embedding generation, vector databases, and AI data preparation for LLMs and agentic AI.

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code.

Demonstrated ability to understand complex user workflows, translate them into practical technical solutions, and collaborate across teams to deliver measurable outcomes.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts into clear, business focused insights.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with or a strong understanding of Generative AI, LLMs, Agentic Systems, or RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) workflows.

Experience integrating LLMs into existing systems

Experience with API design, both for other engineers to use, but also for AI systems.

Experience working with manufacturing, operational, IoT, or industrial data platforms.

Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor engineers.

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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