About the role

What will you do at Apple?

Do you want to make Apple products smarter for our users? The Core Infra team is

looking for an experienced software engineer to work on core infrastructure for

information intelligence at Apple. We build systems to connect Apple users to

information as part of the wider Apple Intelligence initiative. You will work

closely with product teams and information intelligence teams to deliver

reliable, scalable, and efficient infrastructure that powers Apple products for

billions of users.

DESCRIPTION

We design and build infrastructures to support features that empowers billions

of Siri users. Our team processes trillions of links to find the best content to

surface to users through search. We also analyze pages to extract critical

features for indexing, ranking. We apply statistical analysis to improve link

selection, freshness, retrieval rates, extraction quality, and many others.

You'll have the opportunity to work with large scale systems with trillions of

rows and many petabytes of data and incredible complexity.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

10+ years of experience of software development in developing and operating

large-scale cloud infrastructure. Proven experience designing, building, and

operating large-scale distributed systems and backend services (e.g., using

cloud platforms like AWS/GCP and container orchestration like Kubernetes) Solid

understanding of networking protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP) and their

application in building large-scale systems Excellent communication and

collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams Strong

software engineering fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and system

design BS, MS, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent

experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience with large-scale data processing, information retrieval, web search,

or ranking systems

Which skills does this role require?

Software EngineeringDistributed SystemsCloud InfrastructureAWSGCPKubernetesNetworking ProtocolsTCP/IPDNSHTTPData StructuresAlgorithmsSystem DesignCore InfrastructureAIKnowledge PlatformsApple IntelligenceNetworkingStatistical AnalysisIndexingScalabilityBackend Services

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