Apple

Data Engineer

Apple$120K — $160K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
  • Experience building large scale distributed systems using Java/Python
  • Proficient in SQL
  • Knowledge of data warehouse architectures and dimensional modeling
  • Ability to perform performance analysis and troubleshoot distributed systems
  • Strong collaboration skills to engage with complex architectures
  • Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with data scientists to define and enhance performance metrics
  • Build and maintain real-time ingestion pipelines
  • Develop real-time applications for operational monitoring
  • Create batch ETL/ELT applications for data warehouse population
  • Apply Generative AI techniques to enhance data analytics
  • Implement machine learning technologies for anomaly detection
  • Contribute to the development of the data analytics platform

Benefits

  • Opportunities to work with cutting-edge technologies like Generative AI and Machine Learning
  • Dynamic and agile work environment that promotes creativity and innovation
  • Collaboration with talented engineers and cross-functional teams
  • Key role in shaping the next generation of data processing pipelines
  • Professional growth opportunities in a leading tech company
Full Job Description
Apple's Media, Graphics, and Compute Technologies Group (MGC) is looking for a talented and dedicated big data engineer to join our Data Engineering team. The Data Engineering team within the MGC organization plays a critical role in supporting data-driven analytics by providing data collection, warehousing, and analytics at big data scale. Our team provides the infrastructure to power numerous trend and operational dashboards as well as other ad-hoc use cases in support of services like Apple TV, Apple Music, and FaceTime. We are leveraging Generative AI and Machine Learning technologies to provide best-in-class data analytics and monitoring.\n\nThis role offers the opportunity to help design, enhance, and develop our very-high-volume processing pipeline. You'll work with talented engineers within our team as well as cross-functional teams in an agile and dynamic environment that values engineering excellence, creativity, and innovation, and you will be a key contributor to our next generation of processing pipeline and data analytics platform.

Our team leverages modern Data Engineering, Generative AI and Machine Learning technologies to deliver actionable insights. You will be: • Collaborating with data scientists across functional teams to define and enhance performance metrics that provide valuable insights for stakeholders • Building and maintaining: - Ingestion pipelines for real-time data processing - Real-time applications driving operational monitoring - Batch ETL/ELT applications populating our data warehouse • Applying Generative AI and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques to enhance data analytics capabilities • Applying Machine Learning technologies for anomaly detection

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience Experience in building large scale distributed systems in Java/Python or similar languages Proficient in SQL Experience with data warehouse architectures and dimensional modeling Demonstrated ability to conduct performance analysis and troubleshoot large scale distributed systems Strong collaboration skills with ability to understand complex architectures and work effectively across teams Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes

Production experience with Apache Kafka, Spark, or Flink Working knowledge of Trino or similar distributed query engines Experience building multi-agent AI systems or agentic workflows Familiarity with Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques working in conjunction with LLMs Experience with creating and consuming Model Context Protocol (MCP) services

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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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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