Sr. Software Engineer, Siri Speech

**Role Number:** 200612529-3337

**Summary**

The Siri Speech Platform team is building the platform and tools that enable us to deliver Siri’s state-of-the-art speech technology. We're seeking a Senior Software Engineer who is passionate about scalable systems, ML and delivering voice experiences to millions of users worldwide. Someone experienced with software engineering background in backend services, pipeline automation and large scale data processing would be a great fit! Join Apple and help us leave the world better than we found it!

**Description**

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will:

- Design and build scalable data processing platforms that power Siri's core capabilities
- Develop tools and automation that accelerate innovation across research and production teams
- Collaborate with ML researchers, backend engineers and product teams to deliver voice experiences to millions of users
- Drive architectural decisions across the stack, from data ingestion to model deployment
- Engage with internal stakeholders to understand requirements and shape the roadmap

We're looking for someone who combines strong technical skills with excellent communication, system design thinking, and a passion for building reliable, high-performance infrastructure.

**Minimum Qualifications**

+ 5+ years professional experience building large scale customer facing products

+ Design and build scalable data processing platforms & pipelines.

+ Build developer-focused tools & automation that accelerate technology & innovation cycles.

+ Solid experience using best practices when working with REST APIs. Experience integrating with external APIs and HTTP requests: GET/POST calls, pagination, error handling, asynchronous requests, load handling

+ Experience with building solutions in the cloud (AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, etc)

+ Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra, etc)

+ Able to quickly learn new and existing technologies

+ Excellent problem solving and analytical thinking skills

**Preferred Qualifications**

+ BS, MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent degree with applicable experience

+ Experience with ML lifecycle - from data ingestion to model deployment

+ Experience supporting ML model training, data generation and evaluation tools

+ Experience with full stack development is a plus

+ Experience with CI/CD tools is a plus

+ Experience with linguistics or natural language processing is a plus

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