Software Development Engineer

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Description

APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Solve complicated problems with coding and design software for applications. Work as part of an extraordinary team, including world-class software engineers and expert machine learning practitioners who are all passionate about applying groundbreaking techniques to conversational dialogue. Develop the software services at scale that Apple users interact with when using Siri. Add user impacting features to Siri and provide the software that supports and integrates machine learning models within Siri's architecture to make Siri more intelligent. Work closely with teams across Apple worldwide. Develop and improve monitoring, alerting and testing infrastructure to ensure world class quality of Siri's services. Monitor key quality indicators and establish root cause analysis for operational issues. Escalate and drive priority of resolution in timely manner both within the Siri org and in cross functional teams engineering in Apple. Analyze inbound defect reports, establish root causes as well as impact and risk assessment estimates and recommended timelines for resolution. Drive fixes and test development to ensure appropriate defect resolution and future coverage. Work with cross functional teams in Apple to design and deliver Siri in the Home features. Draft, review and maintain engineering documentation on systems, processes and best practices. Help onboard and mentor new engineers. 40 hours/week. 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 $175,800 - $264,200/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. PAY & BENEFITS: 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: https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html. Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field.
• Experience and/or education must include:
• Java, Scala and C++: Building server-side, multi-language, multi-user applications to handle natural language requests for assistance in a variety of domain areas.
• SQL Databases: Creating new database schemas to support large-scale concurrent global and personal data access; constructing, executing, testing, and tuning SQL queries in code to retrieve and manipulate data in the service of natural language requests.
• High-performance algorithms: Designing and implementing accurate, reliable, efficient algorithms that scale to millions of users making concurrent requests, incorporating performant data structures and parallel programming to maximize response time and throughput.
• 4. Object Oriented programming: Implementation of Object-Oriented software design principles to design new systems, refactor existing codebases, and create robust API contracts between multiple components.
• Distributed Systems: Design, creation, and implementation of large-scale distributed systems to pull together functionality and data across a data center in order to service millions of concurrent user requests, as well as a distributed client/server architecture incorporating potentially many client devices connected to each other as well as to a data center.
• Source Control: Utilizing source control management systems including Subversion and Git to obtain, update, and publish code changes across multiple repositories.
• Code Review: Working with code review systems including GitHub and Bitbucket to request feedback on code changes, respond to and incorporate feedback, and submit changes to mainline code bases.

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