Senior Software Engineer - Data Engineering, Siri

Apple • Cambridge, MA

71d • $162,500 - $286,400

About The Position

Want to join the team pushing the boundaries of AI and building an intelligent assistant that helps millions of people get things done? Join the Siri team at Apple. To build the best speech recognition models, we need to use the latest technology in distributed training and the best available data. We combine those needs into one team and are focused on blurring the lines between traditional 'data processing' and 'model training'. Efficiently training on petabytes of audio data pushes us to consider the entire training stack while developing new models to extract useful signals from unprecedented volumes of data. By joining our team, you'll have the opportunity to work with large and diverse datasets, iterate with research and production teams, and deliver voice based experiences to millions of users worldwide.

Requirements

• Experience processing large, complex, unstructured data
• Deep knowledge of distributed data processing frameworks (Beam, Spark, Dask, Ray)
• Evaluation of multiple open source models

Nice To Haves

• M.S. or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
• Machine Learning experience a plus
• Speech understanding or generation experience a plus
• Strong data engineering background in speech and/or language/text/dialogue processing field
• Strong software engineering abilities, ideally Python
• Real passion for building research demo data solution prototypes and turning them into production quality design/implementation
• Strong interpersonal skills to work well with engineering teams
• Excellent problem solving and critical thinking
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing priorities
• Passionate about building extraordinary products and experiences for our users

Responsibilities

• Work with open source tools like PySpark, Jax, Ray and others
• Run data based ablation studies
• Use open source models to extract signals from large volumes of speech data to drive modeling improvements

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Retirement benefits
• A range of discounted products and free services
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
• Opportunity to participate in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs
• Eligibility for discretionary bonuses or commission payments
• Relocation assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Master's degree