Apple
Senior / Staff ML Engineer, Apple Data Platform
$185K–$325K
Cupertino, California · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
About the job
Leads development of scalable AI and data governance platforms that manage machine-learning data, models, policies, privacy, security, and compliance across the ML lifecycle.
What you'll do
- Build governance and lineage systems and access-control frameworks for training data, model artifacts, and inference endpoints.
- Develop backend services, data pipelines, APIs, and tools that embed privacy, security, and regulatory requirements.
- Architect fault-tolerant governance platforms and collaborate with security, legal, privacy, and data engineering teams to mitigate risk.
What they ask for
- 8+ years developing Data & AI governance software or integrating systems with governance systems.
- Experience with large data collection and processing systems.
- Proficiency in data management and building scalable systems for AI applications.
- Strong understanding of privacy and regulatory requirements, including GDPR, CCPA, and DMA.
Nice to have
- Experience designing data governance frameworks, policies, and standards for ethical and secure AI.
- Experience collaborating across security, legal, privacy, compliance, and data engineering teams.
Pay
$184,700 to $324,800 USD base salary
Tools
OAuth 2.0, Java, Scala, Kotlin, Go, Python, Spark, Hadoop
AI focus
Builds platforms and systems for AI governance, data lineage, privacy, security, regulatory compliance, and responsible management throughout the machine-learning lifecycle.
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