Apple · 1 month ago
Senior Data Scientist - Special Projects
Cupertino, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$142K/yr - $259K/yr
5+ years expApple’s intelligent systems generate rich, multi-modal data from devices, sensors, software, and services. We’re looking for a data scientist who can bring clarity to this complexity — someone who can analyze diverse datasets, surface meaningful insights, and design intuitive tools that help teams understand and improve the intelligence behind Apple products.
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Responsibilities
Explore, analyze, and model large volumes of multi-modal data from devices and cloud systems to identify trends, correlations, and anomalies
Design and build interactive dashboards, visualizations, and metrics that help engineering and product teams evaluate system behavior
Develop search, retrieval, and indexing strategies to make data more discoverable, usable, and actionable across teams
Partner with AI and robotics engineers to design evaluation frameworks, KPIs, and diagnostics that assess data quality, model behavior, and system performance
Work with cloud engineers to shape how data is organized, stored, and exposed for efficient querying
Investigate data quality issues, define validation strategies, and recommend improvements to data collection and pipeline design
Collaborate with hardware, robotics, AI, and user experience teams to interpret data within the broader system context
Communicate insights clearly through written analyses, visual storytelling, and presentations to stakeholders
Qualification
Required
Proven experience in data science, analytics engineering, or applied research roles
Strong proficiency in Python and common data analysis libraries
Expertise with data visualization tools or frameworks for building interactive dashboards
Experience querying and modeling data in SQL and NoSQL environments
Ability to analyze large-scale, high-dimensional, and multi-modal datasets
Familiarity with designing or using search and retrieval systems for large-scale data
Experience designing KPIs, evaluation metrics, or experiment analyses for complex systems
Strong statistical intuition and experience with exploratory data analysis and hypothesis testing
Ability to translate complex findings into clear, actionable insights for cross-functional teams
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, or related field, and 5+ years of industry experience
Preferred
Experience working with data from distributed or real-time systems, robotics, or multi-modal AI
Familiarity with information retrieval techniques (ranking, embedding-based search, relevance modeling)
Experience collaborating with ML teams on evaluation methodologies, dataset design, or model diagnostics
Knowledge of metadata management systems, cataloging approaches, or data documentation strategies
Background in statistical modeling, time-series analysis, or anomaly detection
Experience with visualization frameworks used for large datasets
Understanding of cloud-scale data processing and distributed compute frameworks
Benefits
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
Retirement benefits
A range of discounted products and free services
Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
Relocation
Company
Apple
Apple is a technology company that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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