Software Development Engineer

APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Design, automate, and optimize AI deployment pipelines for large-scale model serving using python and internal tools. Implement end-to-end data quality monitoring, validation, and anomaly detection for AI systems using python and internal tools. Develop comprehensive testing, benchmarking, and continuous evaluation frameworks for AI models using python and internal tools. Collaborate with machine learning engineers and infrastructure teams to integrate and optimize AI models in production using python and internal tools. Generate and automate data labeling pipelines using LLMs for large-scale AI datasets including python and internal tools. 40 hours/week. At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $181,100 - $272,100/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

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Bachelor's Degree or foreign equivalent in Cognitive Science, Computer Science or Machine Learning or related field and 4 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.

4 years of experience with each of the following skills is required:

Implementing and develop metrics and add them to the monitoring pipelines to be used for quality measurement and monitoring
Utilizing designing, automating, and optimizing data ingestion, transformation experience, validation, and quality assurance workflows at scale to manage training and evaluation data.
Integrating AI models into production, and monitoring performance for latency, drift, and reliability.
Setting up CI/CD pipelines for deploying AI-driven applications, automating data and model versioning, and managing reproducibility.
Utilizing semi-supervised learning, human-in-the-loop data labeling, and synthetic data generation using LLMs to scale annotation efforts.
Developing and maintaining software tooling in Python for data processing, management, and automation
Communicating risks and insights related to model quality and data pipeline performance to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including leadership teams.
Applying strong software engineering principles, including code testability, automation, metric-driven development, and adaptability to new technologies through documentation code reviews, design patterns, and proven architectural frameworks

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