Software Engineer, Siri Runtime Systems and Interaction

You should enjoy working in a rapidly changing environment with changing priorities, be passionate about using new technologies to solve real problems and to improve the state of intelligent assistants. This role requires someone with deep expertise in developing, launching, maintaining, and extending products. A hire for this role will accelerate the team by developing standard methodologies, creating strong architecture, and delivering substantial individual technical contributions. A key focus of this position will be to create sophisticated simulation environments and evaluation datasets to model, design, and rigorously test the system policies that drive Siri's behavior. The role requires a strong ownership mindset to collaborate with cross-functional partners to identify and resolve dependencies effectively.

Architects high-fidelity simulation frameworks to model complex real-world scenarios and validate decision-making logic
Creates evaluation datasets to rigorously test the system policies that drive Siri's behavior
Benchmarks iterative updates to distributed system logic, ensuring continuous improvement in interaction accuracy across complex simulated environments
Develops Siri’s next generation of natural interaction platforms on Apple’s innovative devices
Collaborates with cross-functional partners to identify and resolve dependencies

BS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or equivalent experience
Strong expertise in Swift or Objective-C or C++ programming language
Solid experience in software development having contributed to code, code reviews, design reviews, and maintaining production systems
Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals with excellent expertise in Concurrency, Distributed Systems, and API design
Experience working with large-scale data evaluation or simulation frameworks

5+ years of experience
Expertise in design patterns
Experience contributing to shipping platforms or products to production and supporting them post-launch
Experience driving technical decision-making and software development from product definition to ship for multiple products
Familiarity with data modeling and algorithmic policy design

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Siri’s Runtime Platform team is looking for a resourceful software engineer to develop Siri’s next generation of natural interaction platforms on Apple’s innovative devices! You will join the team responsible for the intelligence that orchestrates how Siri interacts across the entire Apple ecosystem. We are specifically seeking an engineer to help advance the distributed system logic that ensures Siri seamlessly responds to user requests across complex environments. You should be eager to do hands-on work to improve and build features that elevate overall Siri capabilities.

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $147,400 and $272,100, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

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