Senior AI Architect, Apple Data Platform

Apple • Cupertino, CA

75d

About The Position

The Apple Data Platform team powers data analytics, exploration, and feature engineering that fuel Siri, Search, Music, Maps, iCloud and many other beloved products in the Apple ecosystem. Our mission is to provide engineers and data scientists with an innovative, reliable, secure, and user-friendly platform for ingesting, storing, processing, and interacting with data, ultimately helping teams derive insights that drive product success. As a Senior AI Architect on the Apple Data Platform, you'll play a critical role in shaping and scaling the platform that powers AI application development across Apple. You'll architect, prototype, and drive technical roadmap for generative AI offerings ranging from agent development, model and prompt selection, RAG configuration, evaluation tooling and overall development experience for ML and AI adoption. You will also partner closely with organizational leads on various cross-team initiatives for Apple Data Platform. Join us and be a part of the Data Platform journey at Apple, where your contributions will positively impact Apple's customers and countless teams across Apple. Join Apple's Data Platform as a Senior AI Architect, where you'll be at the forefront of delivering transformative AI experiences across Apple products, including Apple Music, TV, Sports and many more. You will play a pivotal role in defining and driving the roadmap for Apple Data Platform's GenAI Platform component, which powers the development, evaluation, and deployment of AI agents and applications. This includes building foundational capabilities such as agent orchestration, model configuration, prompt tooling, RAG integration, and inference optimization enabling teams across Apple to rapidly create scalable, context-aware GenAI solutions. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams of innovative software engineers, product managers, and engineering leaders to continuously evolve the platform for performance, flexibility, and ease of use.

Requirements

• Experience in AI application development.
• Strong understanding of generative AI technologies.
• Proven experience in architecting and prototyping complex systems.
• Ability to drive technical roadmaps and collaborate with organizational leads.

Nice To Haves

• Expertise in AWS Cloud.
• Experience in fine-tuning and customizing foundation models.
• Hands-on experience in using Kubernetes as orchestration layer.

Responsibilities

• Architect, prototype, and drive technical roadmap for generative AI offerings.
• Develop agent orchestration, model configuration, prompt tooling, RAG integration, and inference optimization.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams of software engineers, product managers, and engineering leaders.
• Continuously evolve the platform for performance, flexibility, and ease of use.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees