AI/ML - Data Infrastructure Client and Tooling Engineer, Siri Search, Knowledge & Platform, Apple

Location: Seattle, WA

Posted: 2/2021

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Summary

Data Infrastructure team within the Siri organization powers analytics, experimentation and ML feature engineering to power Siri we all love in our Apple devices. The mission of the Data Infrastructure org is to provide our engineers and data scientists a cutting edge, reliable and easy to use infrastructure for ingesting, storing, processing and interacting with data and ultimately help the teams that build data intensive applications be successful. You will work with many cross functional teams and lead the planning, execution and success of technical projects with the ultimate purpose of improving Siri experience for Apple customers. We are looking for engineers who want to bring their passion for infrastructure to build world class infrastructure products.

Are you a passionate about building scalable, reliable, maintainable infrastructure and solving data problems at scale? Come join us and be part of the Data Infrastructure journey.

Key Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in big data ecosystem. Example technologies include batch and stream processing (e.g. Spark, Hive, Flink, Beam), analytical engines (e.g. Presto, Druid), search platform (e.g. Solr/Lucene), tooling (e.g. Airflow, Jupyter, Superset, Tableau), and storage format (e.g. Iceberg)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to collaborate cross-functionally with data science, machine learning, data platform and analytics teams
• Customer-focused mindset, with emphasis on user experience and satisfaction
• Superb problem-solving skills, and able to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Hands-on in designing, building, scaling, and troubleshooting solutions to big data problems
• Must be self-driven, and able to provide advice and support to users to properly integrate with our data platform
• Programming experience in Java, Python, Scala, or similar languages
• Passionate about latest big data technologies, open source community presence is a big plus
• Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Infrastructure-as-code, and data privacy & compliance is a big plus

Description

You will be a key member in the client engineering team that drives user engagement with our new generation of data platform, collaborates cross-functionally with data, product management, and infrastructure teams, and provides data tools to enable ingesting, storing, processing and interacting of data with a focus in user experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

- Collaborate with our infrastructure users and product management to ensure success in customer engagement and onboarding of new users

- Be an advocate of our tech stack, stay on top of technology advancement and explore innovation opportunities

- Prototype, build, diagnose, fix, improve and automate complex issues across the entire stack to power ETL, analytics and privacy efforts across AI/ML

- Advise and support other teams (within and outside of Siri) on proper integration of our platform, including holding regular brown bag, office hour and training sessions

- Build relationships with Data Scientists, Product Managers and Software Engineers to understand data needs

- Establish and fulfill SLAs for supported data tools

Education & Experience

BS, MS, or PhD degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Additional Requirements

Apple’s most important resource, our soul, is our people. Apple benefits help further the well-being of our employees and their families in meaningful ways. No matter where you work at Apple, you can take advantage of our health and wellness resources and time-away programs. We’re proud to provide stock grants to employees at all levels of the company, and we also give employees the option to buy Apple stock at a discount — both offer everyone at Apple the chance to share in the company’s success. You’ll discover many more benefits of working at Apple, such as programs that match your charitable contributions, reimburse you for continuing your education and give you special employee pricing on Apple products. Apple benefits programs vary by country and are subject to eligibility requirements. Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Apple is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. Apple is a drug-free workplace