Software Engineer (Applied AI)

Cupertino Until 9/26/2026 10+ years exp First posted July 28, 2026 Last posted July 28, 2026
Job description

We are looking for a Staff level Software Engineer with experience working with the latest LLM’s from OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Mistral, Llama etc. 'and custom fine-tuned models i.e(Defog, Nous research) to help us advance our Manufacturing Systems and Operations. You will move fast prototyping ideas and experimenting with new approaches to solve existing problems better. This role will work with and across multiple organizations and functional roles to develop solutions that not only end up in production, but have a significant impact. Some solutions will be stand alone while others will be built on top of existing systems through a deep collaboration. We want someone that has experience taking an idea from the whiteboard to production and then scale it. You are going to get to do that again here.

Description

The applications we build are used daily by the people at Apple that design our products along with those that figure out how to make them at scale. This includes; Manufacturing Design Engineers, Product Designers, Mechanical Engineers, Quality Engineers, Supply Chain Managers, along with our Suppliers. We work closely with them to design and architect the best solutions for the challenges faced when making the highest quality hardware products.

Minimum Qualifications

10+ years in a senior role working across the entire tech stack with a skilled team.
10+ years building robust HTTP APIs and backend services
Expert level grasp of at least 1 modern programming language: Go (preferred), Python, Java, etc.
Experience building solutions that leverage API’s from the latest LLMs.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with model pipeline and registry tools, detecting and preventing model drift, automating model monitoring, and ensuring model accuracy
Experience building robust evaluations for prompt optimization and tuning ML workflows
Experience with RAG and modern model in context learning techniques
Experience with SQL and database systems such as PostgreSQL
Experience with building ETL pipeline in data warehouse such as Snowflake
Manufacturing experience or exposure is a plus, but not required.

About this role

Summary

Develop and deploy AI models and backend systems for manufacturing applications.

Job title

Software Engineer (Applied AI)

Experience level

10+ years

Minimum experience

10+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

Must be in Cupertino, remote not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

HTTP APIsbackend servicesGoPythonLLM API integration

Preferred skills

model pipelinemodel registrymodel monitoringprompt optimizationSQLPostgreSQLETLSnowflake

Specializations

LLMAPIbackend servicesmachine learningdata pipelines
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Cupertino, CA, USA

On-site City