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Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Special Projects

3 days ago Cupertino, CA

Apple is where individual imaginations gather together to do great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each other's ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It's the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. We'd love to work with you.

Description

The Special Projects team nurtures state-of-the-art intelligence ideas into powerful, usable features and systems. We work with the latest AI research and our talented research teams to build innovative applications of those ideas on Apple platforms. A key part of the team success incoludes building high quality infrastructure and tooling for ML inference and evaluation.. These systems and infrastructure use both internal and external technologies to help the team move quickly.","responsibilities":"Research, discuss, and debate the latest in intelligence capabilities across the industry, and the ways those capabilities could form the foundation of future Apple features and products. Including which ones are not a good fit.

Implement or modify existing backend infrastructure using containers and cloud-native technologies.

Partner closely with other teams to design, build, and own evaluation systems.

Implement Python and Apple-native tooling and systems to support the team.

Create robust, scalable architectures for systems that handle data orchestration for AI features

Build tools that help make complex AI systems observable, understandable and debuggable

Preferred Qualifications

Experience bringing AI systems from research to production

Experience building large-scale ML evaluation systems with any technical stack

Experience with Swift and writing Swift applications on client and server

Experience writing code to network and connect and synchronize multiple devices under test

Minimum Qualifications

Proficiency in at least one modern language like Go, TypeScript, Swift, or equivalent.

Familiarity with Python

Experience with VM & Container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)(

Experience building web services, and full stack web applications

Experience with Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery systems

Collaboration skills and experience working both with small teams and across multiple teams","internalDetails":null

Pay & Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $181,100 and $318,400, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits

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Client-provided location(s): Cupertino, CA
Job ID: apple-200660601-0836_rxr-663
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2026-05-04T19:48:49

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