Apple

AI Data & Knowledge Engineer

Apple$145K — $175K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Experience designing knowledge layers for AI systems like knowledge graphs and RAG pipelines.
  • Skilled in modeling enterprise knowledge and metadata with semantic layers.
  • Over 5 years in creating scalable data solutions for large analytics.
  • Proficient in SQL and working with cloud databases like Snowflake and Redshift.
  • Programming expertise in Python, Java, and R with knowledge of Hadoop and Spark.
  • Experience with building data pipelines for diverse enterprise data sources.
  • Familiar with modern cloud data stack tools for code management and orchestration.

Responsibilities

  • Develop infrastructure and systems for automating sales processes.
  • Build and maintain data pipelines for structured and unstructured data.
  • Enable the deployment of AIML models through effective data solutions.
  • Design and implement knowledge graphs to enhance AI applications.
  • Utilize cloud platforms for data management and transformation.
  • Implement CI/CD tools for operational efficiency and automation.
  • Monitor data pipelines and systems for performance and reliability.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work at the intersection of development and operations.
  • Engagement in cutting-edge AI and data transformation projects.
  • Collaboration with skilled professionals in a dynamic environment.
  • Access to modern cloud resources and technologies.
  • Professional growth through innovative projects and continuous learning.
Full Job Description
Description

As an AI Data & Knowledge Engineer, you will develop infrastructure, systems, services, and tools for automating sales processes. We're looking for an exceptional engineer that lives at the intersection of development, operations, data, and systems engineering to build solutions for large-scale continuous data transformation and delivery. This role will specifically focus on building and maintaining data pipelines for both structured and unstructured data, enabling the development and deployment of AIML models.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience designing and building knowledge layers for AI systems, including knowledge graphs, RAG pipelines, and vector databases to ground LLM-driven applications in accurate, structured, unstructured and retrievable enterprise knowledge.

Experience modeling enterprise knowledge and metadata within semantic layers to represent business entities, attributes, and their relationships.

5+ years of experience in designing, building, and maintaining scalable data solutions for large-scale analytics.

Proficiency in SQL and development experience with cloud database environments like Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks.

Proficiency in programming languages like Python, Java, R and open-source frameworks for distributed processing like Hadoop and Spark.

Experience building data pipelines to ingest, transform, and continuously synchronize structured and unstructured enterprise data from multiple sources.

Hands-on experience using development tools in a modern cloud data stack for code management, versioning using Git, CI/CD tools, automation and orchestration using Apache Airflow or others and monitoring & alerting.

Experience with Cloud platforms AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience architecting and developing data pipelines through ETL tools, API integration with on-premise and cloud-based sources.

Experience building ontology-based semantic layer including a business ontology of sales concepts, a technical ontology of data sources and schemas, and execution traces that provide feedback for continuous improvement.

Strong understanding of LLM evaluation and AI quality tooling, retrieval metrics, and observability to improve application reliability.

Experience working with unstructured and Semi-structured data sets (e.g., JSON, Parquet, PDF, text, images, audio, video)

Experience with data governance and observability tools; for example DataHub, Collibra

Experience articulating and translating business questions into data solutions and proven ability to lead development projects from start to finish.

Broad knowledge of web standards relating to REST, HTTP, JSON, etc.

Experience with data labeling and annotation tools and processes.

Familiarity with AI/ML model development lifecycle and data needs for training and deployment.

Ability to balance competing priorities, long-term projects, and ad hoc requirements.

Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, constantly evolving business environment.

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.

Apple Careers

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Size
154,000 employees
Market Cap
$2,074.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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