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Senior Software Engineer - Generative AI & ML, Customer Systems
Apple
- Location
- Onsite (Austin, Texas)
- Employment
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior Level
Posted 1 week ago
About the Role
Join Apple's Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) organization to build and scale enterprise and customer technology systems. You will contribute to a dynamic team focused on enhancing Apple's customer support experience through innovative generative AI and machine learning solutions.
Skills
Generative AI
Machine Learning
LLM Fine-tuning
RAG Architectures
Vector-based Retrieval
Backend Engineering
Data Engineering
Multi-agent Systems
Multi-modal LLMs
STT/TTS Systems
Cloud Deployment
Transformers Library
Datasets Library
Problem Solving
Collaboration
Structured Reasoning
Full job details
Customer Systems is part of IS&T and drives the technology behind Apple's customer support experience — from contact center operations to the software powering the iconic Genius Bar. The team also builds and operates AppleCare's online support platform, which handles 6 billion visits per year, delivering seamless, high-quality support to Apple customers around the globe.
At Apple, we are driven to deliver exceptional experiences through ultra-fast, thoughtfully designed, and meticulously crafted solutions. Our team is not just any group; we are a highly motivated, fast-paced, and dynamic collective of professionals committed to scaling new heights and achieving excellence. We seek individuals who strive beyond mediocrity and are relentless in their pursuit of perfection.
Contribute to model development and fine-tuning workflows for generative AI features.
Design and evaluate retrieval strategies for grounding large models in product-relevant data.
Prototype and benchmark multi-agent collaboration systems for structured reasoning tasks.
Partner with data and platform engineers to ensure scalable deployment and monitoring.
Do you want to help build some of the largest and most consequential enterprise and customer technology systems in the world? Join Apple’s Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) organization. IS&T is the engine behind everything Apple does for customers and for the people who build for them. It’s Apple’s central nervous system. Supporting 2.5 billion active Apple devices, processing billions of secure transactions, and keeping the technology that defines modern life running flawlessly, IS&T makes the impossible feel effortless. Do you love building solutions to handle global complexity and immense scale? Imagine what you could do here. The Customer Support AI team is responsible for building multi-turn, conversational, agentic applications and frameworks to support Apple customers across numerous lines of business. You’ll be contributing hands on to a team that consists of engineers, data scientists & researchers to enhance a multi-modal, multi-agent platform with a key focus on incorporating research to improve, latency, cost and customer experience. This is an incredible opportunity to contribute innovation & research to a well established generative AI platform within Apple. There is a huge amount of opportunity and growth within this space!
5+ years of hands-on experience in ML, backend engineering, data engineering 1-2 years of hands-on experience in training, fine-tuning, or evaluating LLMs Foundational understanding of RAG architectures and vector-based retrieval systems Strong experience partnering with business and engineering team to deliver AI solutions Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Proficiency in machine learning libraries (transformers, datasets). Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills, with the ability to learn quickly and adapt to production-grade systems. Experience working with Multi-modal LLMs to enable Voice capabilities is a plus or prior experience with STT, TTS systems. Experience with deploying to cloud environments (AWS, GCP, on-remote hybrid) is required.
Description
Do you want to help build some of the largest and most consequential enterprise and customer technology systems in the world? Join Apple’s Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) organization. IS&T is the engine behind everything Apple does for customers and for the people who build for them. It’s Apple’s central nervous system. Supporting 2.5 billion active Apple devices, processing billions of secure transactions, and keeping the technology that defines modern life running flawlessly, IS&T makes the impossible feel effortless. Do you love building solutions to handle global complexity and immense scale? Imagine what you could do here. The Customer Support AI team is responsible for building multi-turn, conversational, agentic applications and frameworks to support Apple customers across numerous lines of business. You’ll be contributing hands on to a team that consists of engineers, data scientists & researchers to enhance a multi-modal, multi-agent platform with a key focus on incorporating research to improve, latency, cost and customer experience. This is an incredible opportunity to contribute innovation & research to a well established generative AI platform within Apple. There is a huge amount of opportunity and growth within this space!
Minimum Qualifications
5+ years of hands-on experience in ML, backend engineering, data engineering 1-2 years of hands-on experience in training, fine-tuning, or evaluating LLMs Foundational understanding of RAG architectures and vector-based retrieval systems Strong experience partnering with business and engineering team to deliver AI solutions Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Proficiency in machine learning libraries (transformers, datasets). Strong problem-solving and collaboration skills, with the ability to learn quickly and adapt to production-grade systems. Experience working with Multi-modal LLMs to enable Voice capabilities is a plus or prior experience with STT, TTS systems. Experience with deploying to cloud environments (AWS, GCP, on-remote hybrid) is required.