Apple

Software Engineer, Siri Runtime Systems and Interaction

Apple$130K — $155K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience
  • Proficiency in Swift, Objective-C, or C++ programming languages
  • Experience in software development, code reviews, and maintaining production systems
  • Strong understanding of concurrency, distributed systems, and API design
  • Experience with large-scale data evaluation or simulation frameworks
  • 5+ years of relevant experience preferred
  • Familiarity with design patterns, data modeling, and algorithmic policy design

Responsibilities

  • Develop next-gen natural interaction platforms for Siri
  • Enhance distributed system logic for user request responses
  • Create sophisticated simulation environments for testing
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve dependencies
  • Contribute to architecture standards and best practices
  • Deliver significant individual technical contributions
  • Improve overall Siri capabilities through hands-on development

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with innovative technologies
  • Opportunity to work on impactful projects within the Apple ecosystem
  • Potential for professional growth and skills development
  • Access to advanced tools and resources
  • Flexibility in adapting to rapidly changing priorities
Full Job Description
Siri's Runtime Platform team is looking for a resourceful software engineer to develop Siri's next generation of natural interaction platforms on Apple's innovative devices! You will join the team responsible for the intelligence that orchestrates how Siri interacts across the entire Apple ecosystem. We are specifically seeking an engineer to help advance the distributed system logic that ensures Siri seamlessly responds to user requests across complex environments. You should be eager to do hands-on work to improve and build features that elevate overall Siri capabilities.

Description

You should enjoy working in a rapidly changing environment with changing priorities, be passionate about using new technologies to solve real problems and to improve the state of intelligent assistants. This role requires someone with deep expertise in developing, launching, maintaining, and extending products. A hire for this role will accelerate the team by developing standard methodologies, creating strong architecture, and delivering substantial individual technical contributions. A key focus of this position will be to create sophisticated simulation environments and evaluation datasets to model, design, and rigorously test the system policies that drive Siri's behavior. The role requires a strong ownership mindset to collaborate with cross-functional partners to identify and resolve dependencies effectively.

Minimum Qualifications

BS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or equivalent experience

Strong expertise in Swift or Objective-C or C++ programming language

Solid experience in software development having contributed to code, code reviews, design reviews, and maintaining production systems

Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals with excellent expertise in Concurrency, Distributed Systems, and API design

Experience working with large-scale data evaluation or simulation frameworks

Preferred Qualifications

5+ years of experience

Expertise in design patterns

Experience contributing to shipping platforms or products to production and supporting them post-launch

Experience driving technical decision-making and software development from product definition to ship for multiple products

Familiarity with data modeling and algorithmic policy design

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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