Apple

Senior Software Engineer, Triage Services

Apple • $160K — $190K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on distributed systems or data platforms.
  • Expert-level proficiency in Python and strong system design capabilities.
  • 2+ years of experience in deploying LLM-based or agentic systems in production.
  • Hands-on experience with evaluation frameworks for ML/LLM systems.
  • Deep knowledge of RAG architectures and data preparation for agentic workflows.
  • Proven track record in technical leadership and mentoring engineers.
  • BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

  • Set the technical direction for agentic systems in Core OS.
  • Own the architecture of production infrastructure for AI/ML workloads.
  • Transform ambiguous triage problems into clear system designs.
  • Make decisions on build-vs-reuse and reliability tradeoffs.
  • Influence engineering teams across Software, Hardware, and Silicon groups.
  • Shape the platform for other teams to build upon.
  • Drive multi-quarter projects through ambiguity and complexity.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on mission-critical applications at Apple.
  • Engage in cutting-edge AI and machine learning technologies.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams across the organization.
  • Impact the way software is shipped and debugged on all Apple platforms.
  • Work in a dynamic environment that values innovation and technical leadership.
Full Job Description
The System Triage Services team builds mission-critical applications that help detect, analyze, and classify low-level software crashes across all Apple platforms. You will design and build the next generation of AI-powered triage solutions, which serves as the first line of defense for all technologies developed by Core OS.

This role blends distributed systems engineering with hands-on agent development, tackling problems in reliability, scale, and system design alongside applied AI. If you want to understand operating systems at a deep level and are motivated by shipping work with measurable, visible impact, this role is for you!

Description

You will set the technical direction for agentic systems that change how Core OS triages software bugs at scale. You'll own the architecture of production infrastructure that runs AI/ML workloads reliably and gets better over time through rigorous evaluation and feedback loops. The goal is to make autonomous triage a trusted, first-class part of how Core OS ships and debugs software across every Apple platform.

This is a senior technical leadership role. You'll turn ambiguous, high-stakes triage problems into clear system designs. You'll make the build-vs-reuse and reliability tradeoffs, and you'll influence engineering teams across Software, Hardware, and Silicon groups to adopt what you build. Your decisions will shape the platform other teams build on.

Minimum Qualifications

6+ years of software engineering experience building and operating production distributed systems or data platforms at scale.

Expert-level Python and strong system design skills, with a track record of owning architecture for services other teams depend on.

2+ years building and shipping LLM-based or agentic systems to production, including tool calling, orchestration, and guardrails.

Hands-on experience designing evaluation frameworks for ML/LLM systems, such as offline benchmarks, regression testing, drift detection, and confidence scoring.

Deep working knowledge of RAG architectures, embedding generation, vector databases, and data preparation for agentic workflows.

Proven technical leadership: driving multi-quarter projects through ambiguity, influencing across org boundaries, and mentoring other engineers.

BS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field.

Background in kernel or OS-level debugging, crash and panic analysis, or root-cause investigation on complex systems.

Experience with large-scale telemetry or observability systems feeding automated decision-making.

Track record of shipping platforms or developer tools widely adopted by engineering organizations beyond your own.

Experience setting technical strategy and roadmaps, and presenting tradeoffs and outcomes to senior engineering leadership.

Excellent written and verbal communication, including writing design documents that align multiple teams.

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