Apple · 12 hours ago
Data Engineer
Cupertino, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$127K/yr - $221K/yrApple's Audio and Media Technologies Group (AMT) is looking for a talented and dedicated big data engineer to join their Data Engineering team. This role involves collaborating with data scientists to enhance performance metrics, building and maintaining data ingestion pipelines, and applying Generative AI and Machine Learning technologies to improve data analytics capabilities.
AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)BroadcastingDigital EntertainmentFoundational AIMedia and EntertainmentMobile DevicesOperating SystemsTVWearables
Responsibilities
Tuning and scaling Apache Kafka producer/consumer, Spark Structured Streaming and Flink applications running in cloud environment
Managing and monitoring large scale data collection and analytics pipelines at the application level
Performing capacity planning to scale infrastructure and applications running on Kubernetes
Troubleshooting production issues and conducting performance analysis of distributed systems
Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure high availability and reliability of data pipelines
Keeping up with the latest data engineering trends and applying the corresponding technologies
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience
Experience in building large scale distributed systems in Java/Python or similar languages
Proficient in SQL
Experience with data warehouse architectures and dimensional modeling
Demonstrated ability to conduct performance analysis and troubleshoot large scale distributed systems
Strong collaboration skills with ability to understand complex architectures and work effectively across teams
Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes
Preferred
Production experience with Apache Kafka, Spark, or Flink
Working knowledge of Trino or similar distributed query engines
Experience building multi-agent AI systems or agentic workflows
Familiarity with Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques working in conjunction with LLMs
Experience with creating and consuming Model Context Protocol (MCP) services
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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Founded in 1976
10001+ employees
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