Staff AI Software Engineer, Siri Core Modeling

Apple Apple · Big Tech · Cupertino, CA · Machine Learning and AI

Staff AI Software Engineer for Siri Core Modeling at Apple, focusing on the on-device software platform for Apple Intelligence. The role involves leading design and development of features, implementing performant code, identifying architectural changes, optimizing performance, and developing software that interfaces with LLMs and on-device intelligence to enhance Siri capabilities. The position also emphasizes leveraging LLMs and AI assistants for engineering productivity.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead the design and development of software features that enable end to end Siri experiences
  2. Implement code that is well designed, easy to debug, and highly performant
  3. Identify and propose key architecture changes to help the product scale
  4. Proactively look for areas of code to further optimize for performance
  5. Develop software that interfaces with LLMs and on-device intelligence to enhance Siri capabilities

Skills

Required

  • Swift
  • Objective-C
  • C++
  • Software design principles
  • OS internals
  • Concurrency
  • Memory management
  • Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • AI Assistants

Nice to have

  • Developing and shipping production software
  • Systems efficient in resource constrained environments
  • AI software runtimes
  • Modeling intuition
  • Building key software components and APIs used cross functionally

What the JD emphasized

  • 8+ years experience in developing and shipping production software
  • Strong proficiency in Swift, Objective-C or C++
  • Strong understanding of software design principles, OS internals, concurrency, and memory management
  • Strong familiarity with Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI Assistants for accelerating engineering productivity
  • Experience designing and developing systems that are efficient in resource constrained environments
  • Experience working on AI software runtimes with strong modeling intuition
  • Experience building key software components and APIs used cross functionally across different applications and platforms

Other signals

  • on-device intelligence
  • LLMs
  • Apple Intelligence