Apple

Software Engineer, Siri Attention and Invocation

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

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Electrical Engineering, or related field
  • Proficiency in object-oriented programming (C++, Objective C)
  • Strong communication skills to convey technical concepts
  • Curiosity-driven mindset with a focus on problem-solving
  • Master's degree preferred in relevant fields
  • Experience with Swift programming
  • Knowledge of operating system fundamentals

Responsibilities

  • Develop the on-device platform powering Siri's features
  • Architect solutions for complex system-level challenges
  • Integrate Siri audio and support machine learning model execution
  • Conduct experiments to improve Siri invocation
  • Make latency and accuracy trade-offs to enhance user experience
  • Oversee full development cycle from prototype to production
  • Collaborate with hardware and software teams for feature development

Benefits

  • Working on cutting-edge Siri features impacting millions of users
  • Collaboration with cross-disciplinary teams including machine learning engineers and scientists
  • Engagement in a fast-paced, intellectually stimulating environment
  • Opportunities to shape user interactions with innovative technology
  • Exposure to exciting new hardware and its applications in software
Full Job Description
Join the Siri Attention and Invocation team and play a part in the next revolution of Siri interaction. We are a group of engineers dedicated to making Siri an exceptional conversational partner and an attentive listener, focusing on innovative multimodal machine learning solutions that enhance user experiences across Apple's entire device ecosystem. Here, you'll do more than join something-you'll contribute something meaningful to a technology that helps millions of people get things done, just by asking.

Siri Attention and Invocation's Platform team is seeking a passionate software engineer to shape the foundational platform on new hardware. Our team develops the platform that powers Siri's natural and conversational features across all Apple devices and operating systems. In this role you will architect elegant solutions to complex system-level challenges, solve critical issues across the technical stack, and help make critical decisions that will define user experience.

You will work with software engineers, machine learning engineers, and scientists across technical areas spanning the full range of Siri's capabilities. You will work with exciting new hardware; and closely partner with silicon, firmware, hardware, and software teams to explore strategic intersection areas, and build Siri features that work seamlessly creating unique, powerful and secure user experiences. While this role involves working with hardware, your focus will be on higher-level software - not on firmware or embedded systems development.

Description

You'll join a team that develops the front door to Siri experience. As a software engineer you will be developing and maintaining the on-device platform that powers Siri features aimed at making Siri attentive and conversational.

Your day-to-day will involve developing an efficient framework that will integrate Siri audio, and support run-time execution of various machine learning models that are at the core of a Siri interaction.

You will develop algorithms and run experiments aimed at improving Siri invocation, and make latency/accuracy trade-offs that directly affect user experience.

You'll drive software features across the full development cycle - from prototype to production -each phase presenting distinct challenges and learning opportunities.

As part of a fast-moving, intellectually curious team, you'll play a key role in reimagining how millions of people interact with Siri.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor' degree in CS, ML, EE/EECS or related field.

Proficiency in writing production quality object-oriented code. (C++, Objective C)

Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to distill and explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.

Naturally curious about how systems work and motivated to solve complex problems.

Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree in CS, ML, EE/EECS or related field.

Programming experience with Swift

Deep understanding of operating system fundamentals.

Expertise in multi-threading, concurrent processing, software performance and optimization.

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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Founded
1976
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