Distributed Systems Engineer, Instructional Products

Apple•Seattle, WA

About The Position

Join a great team responsible for delivering instructional content for iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, through Siri, and on the web! Our team has created and maintains an evolving, cutting edge, cloud-based content development, management and delivery system platform that powers contextual help, Tips, Apple Intelligence features, and comprehensive user guides for all Apple"s hardware and software products. We are seeking a Distributed Systems Engineer with expertise in building Restful APIs, Search and a working knowledge of machine learning concepts and systems. Your role will primarily involve developing backend services and creating data and inference pipelines with large set of data. This position is ideal for those passionate about enhancing search features using advanced machine learning methods.

Requirements

Strong coding skills
Solid understanding of algorithms and data structures
Proficient with various programming languages such as Go, Java, Python, TypeScript
Expert knowledge of API design and interface technologies (JSON, ProtoBuf, REST,RPC, XML, etc)
Experience with AWS Services such as Amazon S3, EC2, EKS / Kubernetes
Experience with event-based messaging systems (Kafka)
B.S, M.S. or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

Experience with MongoDB and Unstructured data
Experience in Machine learning and/or Natural Language Processing
Experience of prompt engineering, fine-tuning, evaluating, and developing data collection/annotation/management tooling for LLMs
Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap
Solid understanding of the software development process, including unit testing and release management