Apple
Senior Data and Applied AI Engineer, Core Data & Intelligence
$175K–$325K
Cupertino, California +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 11, 2026
- Location
- Cupertino, California
Seattle, Washington - Experience
- 8+ years building efficient, large-scale data pipelines.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent work experience in data engineering.
About the job
Builds large-scale data pipelines, backend services, datasets, and AI applications that support iCloud analytics and product decisions.
What you'll do
- Design and build scalable distributed data systems and pipelines for processing and analytics.
- Develop LLM-powered applications and intelligent agents to automate work and provide stakeholder capabilities.
- Curate iCloud product datasets while meeting privacy and security standards and partnering across teams.
What they ask for
- 8+ years building large-scale data pipelines with Spark and other distributed data technologies.
- Proficiency in at least one of Java, Python or Scala, plus strong SQL skills.
- Expertise in data principles, architecture, modeling, and the data lifecycle, including governance and privacy.
- Hands-on experience with LLMs and AI agents; Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent work experience in data engineering.
Nice to have
- Experience building LLM-powered applications and intelligent agents at scale.
- Experience in complex, matrixed organizations and cross-functional projects; strong communication and collaboration skills.
Pay
$184,700 and $324,800 (base salary); $175,000 and $308,500 (base salary)
Tools
Spark, Hadoop, Presto, Flink, Druid, Java, Python, Scala
AI focus
Build LLM-powered applications and intelligent agents at scale to automate routine work and provide new stakeholder capabilities.
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