Apple

Sr. Software Development Engineer - Data, Siri Speech

Apple$130K — $180K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science or equivalent experience
  • Strong software engineering skills in Python
  • Deep expertise in CI/CD, unit, and integration testing
  • Experience with distributed data processing tools (Beam, Spark, Dask, Ray)
  • Background in speech and/or language processing
  • Demonstrated ability to prototype and implement data solutions
  • Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

  • Implement backend tools for Speech data warehouses
  • Automate speech data annotation on a self-serve platform
  • Deploy LLM-based chatbots for data querying
  • Automate onboarding of new speech datasets
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance querying and dataset creation

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI technology
  • Access to large and diverse datasets
  • Collaboration with a cross-functional team of experts
  • Impact on the Siri product used by millions
  • Work in a fast-paced, innovative environment
Full Job Description
By joining our team, you'll have the opportunity to work with large and diverse datasets, iterate with research and production teams, and deliver voice based experiences to millions of users worldwide.

The Siri Speech team is looking for exceptional individuals to extend the core technology that let Siri understand, learn, and remember. You will be part of a cross-functional team consisting of software engineers as well as data and machine learning engineers/scientists and having a large impact on the Siri product. This is a rare opportunity to apply distributed data engineering techniques at the intersection of various areas such as speech recognition, natural language processing, and dialogue management. In this role you will - Implement backend tools for Speech data warehouses including cataloging the entire collection of Speech Data - Automate speech data annotation that runs on a self-serve platform - Deploy and implement LLM-based chatbots to make the unified speech warehouse queryable and actionable (such as derived dataset creation) via natural language - Automate onboarding of new speech datasets from various sources onto a unified speech warehouse for easier discoverability and inclusion in training and evaluation of Siri - Collaborate with other Data and infrastructure teams across Apple to implement querying and speech dataset creation improvements

Deep expertise in Python software development, CI/CD, unit and integration testing Distributed data processing tools and frameworks (Beam, Spark, Dask, Ray) Strong software engineering abilities in Python

M.S. or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience Strong data engineering background in speech and/or language/text/dialogue processing field Speech and/or Machine Learning experience a plus Real passion for building research demo data solution prototypes and turning them into production quality design/implementation Strong interpersonal skills to work well with engineering teams Excellent problem solving and critical thinking Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing priorities Passionate about building extraordinary products and experiences for our users

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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