Apple
Software Engineer (Applied AI)
$185K–$325K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Jul 28, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years in a senior role and 10+ years building robust HTTP APIs and backend services.
About the job
Build and scale applied AI solutions for Apple’s manufacturing systems and operations, taking ideas from prototype through production.
What you'll do
- Prototype and experiment with LLM-based approaches to improve existing problems.
- Develop production solutions with teams across organizations and functional roles.
- Design and architect applications for Apple employees and suppliers involved in product design and manufacturing.
What they ask for
- 10+ years in a senior role working across the entire tech stack with a skilled team.
- 10+ years building robust HTTP APIs and backend services.
- Expert-level grasp of at least one modern programming language, such as Go, Python, or Java.
- Experience building solutions that use APIs from the latest LLMs.
Nice to have
- Experience with model pipelines and registries, model drift prevention, monitoring, and accuracy.
- Experience with evaluations for prompt optimization, ML workflows, RAG, SQL/PostgreSQL, or ETL pipelines in Snowflake; manufacturing exposure is a plus.
Pay
$184,700 to $324,800 USD base salary
Tools
Go, Python, Java, OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Mistral, Llama
AI focus
Apply LLM APIs and custom fine-tuned models to manufacturing systems and operations; preferred work includes model monitoring, evaluations, prompt optimization, ML workflows, and RAG.
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