Apple
Applied AI Engineer
$150K–$278K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, or related degree; MS or PhD in a related degree is preferred.
About the job
Build AI-powered platforms and data infrastructure that help Apple engineers explore program data, conduct research and analysis, and share organizational knowledge.
What you'll do
- Develop AI platforms, retrieval infrastructure, and reproducible analysis workflows with provenance tracking and access controls.
- Build agentic pipelines and continuous automated intelligence, keeping engineers involved in steering and validating results.
- Partner with cross-functional algorithm teams to deliver tools for engineering workflows and Apple products.
What they ask for
- BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, or related degree.
- 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Proficiency in Python and at least one of: Swift, TypeScript, or another systems-level language; experience building backend services, data pipelines, or platform infrastructure.
- Hands-on experience with modern AI/agent frameworks and retrieval systems, plus experience evaluating and iterating on AI system outputs.
Nice to have
- MS or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, or related degree.
- Experience with client applications, workflow orchestration, LLM tool integrations, vector databases, developer tools, or cloud AI services.
Pay
$150,400 and $277,600 USD base salary
Tools
Python, Swift, TypeScript, RAG, Pinecone, Chroma, pgvector, AWS Bedrock
AI focus
Build AI-powered engineering platforms, retrieval and knowledge systems, agentic research pipelines, and automated analysis with evaluation and feedback loops.
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