Apple
Sr. ML Optimization Engineer, iCloud
$175K–$325K
Culver City, California +4 · Senior · Full-time · Posted May 12, 2026
- Location
- Culver City, California
Cupertino, California
San Diego, California
San Francisco, California
Seattle, Washington - Experience
- 3+ years of relevant experience in large-scale cloud services or similar environments.
- Education
- Bachelor or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Optimizes iCloud infrastructure capacity, workloads, cost, and resource use through machine learning, forecasting, analytics, and large-scale optimization.
What you'll do
- Optimize the design, deployment, and operation of iCloud services.
- Develop strategies with engineering, data science, and finance teams to improve sustainability and resource utilization.
- Solve large-scale optimization problems for capacity allocation and workload scheduling while meeting reliability and latency constraints.
What they ask for
- Strong software engineering background and experience with ML-based modeling, time-series forecasting, and data-driven decision making for cloud services.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and cross-functional communication skills.
- Hands-on experience with platform observability tools and experience developing cost models and resource-utilization strategies for software services.
- Bachelor or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Nice to have
- Experience applying classical optimization techniques to real-world systems or infrastructure problems; experience in capacity planning and resource optimization using machine learning and/or optimization techniques.
- Knowledge of machine learning pipelines and service monitoring tools; PhD in CS or related field focused on machine learning, optimization, or large-scale distributed systems.
Pay
$184,700 and $324,800 USD base salary; $175,000 and $308,500 USD base salary
AI focus
Uses machine learning for forecasting, capacity planning, resource optimization, and cost modeling for iCloud services.
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