Apple

Software Engineer, Search and RAG Applications

Apple$135K — $160K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, or equivalent experience
  • Proficient in C/C++, Go, Python, Java, or Scala
  • Experience writing high-performance server software in Linux/Unix
  • 2+ years of industry-related experience in collaborative environments
  • Experience with real-time data ingestion pipelines
  • Background in search relevance ranking and query understanding

Responsibilities

  • Develop and enhance systems for real-time search capabilities
  • Collaborate with engineers, product, and design teams to create user experiences
  • Design and manage real-time data ingestion pipelines
  • Build advanced search systems utilizing machine learning technologies
  • Contribute to data generation and evaluation efforts
  • Shape the search and AI assistant experience for global users

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology in AI and search
  • Collaborate with a team of world-class engineers
  • Impact millions of users globally through innovative product features
  • Engagement in a dynamic and innovative work environment
Full Job Description
The AI, Search & Knowledge Platforms team is looking for a Software Engineer to help develop a best-in-class service for real-time search to power the capabilities of Siri and other Apple search products. These services enable users worldwide to instantly check the weather, track flights, get sports scores, monitor the stock market, or find the perfect GIF. We are part of a broader effort to power intelligent information retrieval across a variety of Apple products, including Siri, Spotlight, Safari, Lookup, Messages, and other Apple apps.

As a part of this team, you'll collaborate with world-class engineers to leverage and improve upon the latest advancements in machine learning and software engineering. You will build systems to understand user queries and intents, retrieve and rank documents and generate experiences our customer love. Additionally, you will contribute to horizontal efforts in data generation and evaluation. This is an outstanding opportunity to shape search and the AI assistant experience for millions of users worldwide.

Description

Join our team to develop the engine that powers real-time experiences for Siri and Search for millions of users globally! As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for ingesting and delivering exceptional user experiences. Your work will utilize distributed systems, design and manage real-time data ingestion pipelines, and develop advanced search systems. You'll collaborate with world-class engineering, product, and design teams to create rich user experiences. These will be powered by robust, high-performance backend systems and machine learning technology to execute on our technical roadmap.

Minimum Qualifications

You want to deliver innovative new experiences to our users, and can design and build the systems to support them

You have experience writing high-performance server software on Linux/Unix

You are proficient in two of following languages: C/C++, Go, Python, Java, Scala

BS in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Information Retrieval, Data Science or related field or equivalent work experience

Preferred Qualifications

You have experience with realtime ingestion pipelines

Analyzing search ranking and relevance requirements issues and opportunities

2+ years of industry related experience, working in collaborative environments

Building machine-learned models for search relevance ranking query understanding and questioning

Experience with utilizing PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX for training and deploying deep learning models

You have experience with RESTful services and supporting production environments

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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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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