Apple is looking to build platforms and tools to measure, understand, and proactively enhance Apple Intelligence features while protecting user data. The Senior Backend Software Engineer will be responsible for designing and developing the Annotation Platform, critical to the development and optimization of Apple's AI/ML features.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of hands-on experience with Java, demonstrating in-depth knowledge of advanced concepts and best practices in software design and development.
- Strong understanding and hands-on experience with the Spring Boot framework, including dependency injection, REST API development, and micro-services architecture.
- Proven track record in designing, building and maintaining complex, scalable web applications.
- Strong ability and passion for creating reliable, resilient, high-performance, reusable code and modules.
- Proficiency with testing frameworks to ensure the stability, reliability, and performance of the applications.
- Knowledge of databases systems, data model design and experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases.
- Demonstrated ability to creatively solve complex technical challenges with innovative solutions and a strong focus on trade-offs.
Responsibilities
- lead the backend development of the platform meant to optimize data generation and collection process, allowing ML engineers to efficiently evaluate and train machine learning models.
- designing and developing our Annotation Platform
- drive projects and feature development from concept to completion.
- iteratively develop self-service solutions.
- designing, building and maintaining complex, scalable web applications.
- creating reliable, resilient, high-performance, reusable code and modules.
- ensuring the stability, reliability, and performance of the applications.
Other
- love to take on challenges, tackle problems with imaginative solutions, work well in collaborative teams, and produce high-quality software under tight deadlines and constraints.
- enjoy mentoring and guiding other engineers, helping to elevate the skill set of the team and fostering a collaborative learning environment.
- working with teams across different domains
- Strong emphasis on code reviews to maintain code quality and foster team collaboration.
- Able to think big picture while addressing immediate project needs. Skilled at balancing innovation with practicality to maximize impact.
