Apple

Full Stack Software Engineer, AI/ML Tools

Apple$120K — $150K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 4+ years delivering production software through all stages of the software development lifecycle.
  • Strong foundation in software engineering principles, including architecture and API design.
  • Experience building full stack applications across various systems.
  • Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and sound engineering practices.
  • Ability to understand complex workflows and translate them into technical solutions.
  • Excellent communication skills to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build web applications and services for Hardware Engineering teams.
  • Collaborate with engineers to identify their needs and challenges.
  • Translate technical requirements into effective solutions throughout the product lifecycle.
  • Apply AI thoughtfully to enhance user experience and functionality.
  • Utilize modern development tools to streamline delivery while ensuring quality.
  • Engage with stakeholders to gather feedback and iterate on solutions.
  • Maintain high standards for architecture, reliability, and performance.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work closely with engineering teams at Apple.
  • Access to modern development tools and AI capabilities.
  • Collaborative work environment focused on user experience.
  • Chance to impact hardware engineering processes at scale.
  • Support for continuous learning and professional growth.
Full Job Description
Description

As a Full Stack Engineer on the HRES AI/ML team, you will design, build, and evolve web applications and services that empower Hardware Engineering organizations across Apple. You will work closely with engineers to understand their workflows and challenges, translate those needs into effective technical solutions, and take features from early concept through production. Your work will span the user experience, backend services, APIs, data flows, and AI capabilities that power these tools.

We care deeply about the user experience and think in systems: how components fit together, where the right abstractions belong, and how today's decisions shape tomorrow's roadmap. You will apply AI thoughtfully as part of the overall product experience and use modern development tools, including LLM-powered tools, to improve delivery while maintaining a high bar for quality, reliability, and architecture. Because this work involves close collaboration with our users and partners, the ideal candidate combines strong engineering judgment with curiosity, communication, and ownership.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

4+ years of experience delivering production software through the full software development lifecycle, from requirements and system design to implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing support.

Strong foundation in software engineering principles, including architecture, API and data design, testing, debugging, security, reliability, performance, and maintainability.

Experience building full stack applications and the ability to work effectively across user interfaces, backend services, integrations, and data systems.

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

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

6+ years of experience delivering production software through the full software development lifecycle, from requirements and system design to implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing support.

A genuine passion for systems architecture thinking, and a habit of reasoning about how components, data, and services fit together at scale

Experience using AI coding tools such as Claude Code or Continue to enhance the development workflow and accelerate delivery while maintaining code quality and architectural standards

Experience integrating LLMs or ML services into production applications, for example prompt design, retrieval augmented generation, agentic workflows, or model backed features

Familiarity with message and job queues such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, or Resque, and with distributed systems

Experience with cloud platforms and containerization tools such as Docker and Kubernetes

Strong understanding of UX and UI design principles

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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Learn more about Apple
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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