Apple · 5 days ago
Software Engineer - Sports & Media Knowledge Graph
Cupertino, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$147K/yr - $272K/yr
4+ years expApple is a leading technology company known for its innovative products and services. They are seeking a Software Engineer to design and build services for their sports and media knowledge graph, impacting millions of users by tackling complex problems in distributed systems and machine learning. The role involves collaborating with various teams to enhance the Apple TV experience.
AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)BroadcastingDigital EntertainmentFoundational AIMedia and EntertainmentMobile DevicesOperating SystemsTVWearables
Responsibilities
Design, develop, test, and deploy event-based micro-services that handle multi-source sports and media metadata that feed into a knowledge graph
Design algorithms for processing of metadata across a multitude of media types like movies, TV shows, sporting events, etc
Build AI/ML pipelines that tackle complex features involving images, text generation, summarization, etc
Design and implement services using Java, leveraging infrastructure components like Kafka, Cassandra, Redis, Solr, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, etc
Analyze data from providers and partners using Python and Spark in order to distill insights that can improve the quality of the knowledge graph
Qualification
Required
4+ years of experience working with Java
Experience with Kafka or ActiveMQ or similar messaging frameworks
Experience with NoSQL datastores like Cassandra, DynamoDB and SQL datastores like PostgreSQL, MySQL
Proficient in algorithms, data structures, object-oriented and functional design principles
Driven to deliver high quality solutions consistently and quickly
Ability to communicate effectively, both verbal and written
Ability to solve problems given incomplete or partial data and/or requirements
Bachelor's in CS or equivalent industry experience
Preferred
Experience with training and deployment of ML models
Experience working with Kubernetes
Experience working with Solr/Elasticsearch, Redis
Data analytics using Python and Spark. Experience with data mining techniques and record linkage systems
Familiarity with async and reactive programming using Project Reactor, RxJava, asyncio, etc
Masters degree is a plus
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
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$5.67BKey Investors
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2026-01-10Pre Seed· $1M
2025-05-05Post Ipo Debt· $4.5B
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Tim Cook
CEO
Craig Federighi
SVP, Software Engineering
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