Software Engineer Model Performance Special Projects

Were a small team at Apple betting on what comes next. We believe AI will fundamentally change how people interact with their devices and were looking for software engineers who want to build that cant say much about what were building for our customers. What we can say: the problems are genuinely new and the potential reach is the work were a collaborative humble and curious group that loves learning from each other and building together.

Youll work alongside a tight group of engineers designers and researchers to bring AI features from early prototype to product. This is 0-to-1 work from a rough idea on a whiteboard to software running on real devices. Youll have a lot of autonomy in how you get the day-to-day looks like:

Investigating ML model performance and power on Apple SiliconnWorking closely with performance power model and silicon teams to optimize the systemnPartner with ML and AI researchers to translate cutting-edge models onto Apple SiliconnPrototyping ideas to support feature definition and iteration nClearly communicate technical concepts to cross functional partnersnCollaboration on architecture discussions and code review

Youve shipped software that people relied on and you learned something from every hard call along the waynYoure someone who unblocks yourself. When the path isnt clear you figure it out whether that means reading the source building a prototype or pulling in the right peoplenComfortable with ambiguity and excited by problems that dont have an obvious answer yetnYou work well across teams and build trust with partners in design and engineeringnYou make the people around you better through mentoring shaping technical direction and the way you approach hard problemsnYouve already brought AI into how you write code and youre always looking for the next way to use itn5 years of development experience strong CS fundamentals and a B.S. in Computer Science or significant equivalent experience. iOS and Swift experience is a plus but if youre strong in another platform youll ramp quickly here.

Deep experience in one or more iOS/macOS domains: system services UI frameworks concurrent application architecture or performance optimizationnPractical knowledge of how LLMs work at the lowest level of model design and executionnClose to the frontier. Youre the person your team comes to when a new model drops or a new technique emergesnA sharp eye for detail. You notice whats off and you know when its right