Apple · 5 days ago
Lead AI Engineer
California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$181K/yr - $318K/yr
5+ years expApple is seeking a passionate AI engineer to help shape the future of geospatial intelligence through their Basemap data team. The role involves leading the development of Agentic AI systems and collaborating with a team to solve challenging problems at the intersection of deep learning and geospatial data.
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Responsibilities
Lead the development of Agentic AI systems leveraging generative AI technologies to create next-generation mapping solutions
Provide direction, guidance and mentorship to ML engineers throughout the wider Maps organization
Collaborate with a cross-functional team of engineers, ML scientists, and map specialists to build AI systems that understand the world at scale
Qualification
Required
BS with at least 5 years of machine learning or software engineering, with recent work on LLMs or generative AI
Strong software engineering fundamentals — you have shipped production systems and know how to build clean, robust, reliable and maintainable code
Shipped LLMs, VLMs, or other Generative AI systems at scale. Strong experience with ML and backend stack
Hands-on experience with processing large datasets, training ML models in distributed environments
Strong experience with Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, containerization, FastAPI, REST/ GraphQL, Java and Scala
Strong interpersonal collaboration and communication skills, ability to work with high ambiguity and minimum supervision
Preferred
MS or PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning or related field with 10+ years of experience shipping ML models at scale
Experience working with spatial/geospatial data
Contributions to open-source ML/LLM tools or libraries
Experience with frameworks like LangGraph, MCP, or LlamaIndex
Understanding of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), RLHF, multi-agent workflows, or LLMOps
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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10001+ employees
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Funding
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CEO
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SVP, Software Engineering
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