Apple
Staff/Sr. Core Infrastructure Engineer, AI, Search & Knowledge Platforms
$175K–$325K
San Francisco Bay Area, California +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 31, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area, California
Seattle, Washington - Experience
- 10+ years.
- Education
- BS, MS, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Builds and operates large-scale infrastructure and data pipelines that power Apple’s information intelligence and search features.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and operate backend infrastructure for information intelligence and search.
- Optimize large-scale data pipelines and collaborate with product, search, and machine learning teams on infrastructure needs.
- Monitor infrastructure health, troubleshoot issues, and participate in an on-call rotation.
What they ask for
- 10+ years developing and operating large-scale cloud infrastructure.
- End-to-end ownership of Kubernetes cluster lifecycle, including control plane, container orchestration, networking, and storage.
- Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems and backend services; solid networking knowledge and software engineering fundamentals.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Nice to have
- Experience with large-scale data processing, information retrieval, web search, or ranking systems.
Pay
$184,700 and $324,800 USD base salary; $175,000 and $308,500 USD base salary
Tools
AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP
AI focus
Supports Apple Intelligence information intelligence and search infrastructure; the role collaborates with machine learning teams but does not specify developing AI models.
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