Sr. Software Engineer, AI, Search & Knowledge Platforms

Apple · Santa Clara, CA · Machine Learning and AI

senior machine learning AI Engineer ic · Posted Apr 29, 2026

About this role

Apple is hiring a senior-level AI Engineer in the machine learning function based in Santa Clara, CA. The posting calls out experience with Java, Rust, Distributed Systems, API Development.

Role
AI Engineer
Function
machine learning
Level
senior
Track
Individual contributor
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Department
Machine Learning and AI
Posted
Apr 29, 2026

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Job description

from Apple careers

Our team builds the foundational systems that power search across Apple - from Siri to Apple Music to the App Store and beyond. We develop agentic orchestration frameworks, configuration management infrastructure, services and APIs that enable product teams to deliver fast, reliable, and intelligent search experiences to hundreds of millions of users.
We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to design and build the distributed systems that underpin search at Apple scale. You will work at the intersection of large-scale backend infrastructure and agentic orchestration — creating frameworks that coordinate complex, multi-step search workflows across services. Your work will directly impact how quickly and reliably Apple products can deliver search results to users worldwide.

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