Staff/Sr. iOS Engineer - AI, Search & Knowledge Platforms

Cupertino Santa Clara Until 9/22/2026 7+ years exp First posted July 24, 2026 Last posted July 24, 2026
Job description

Do you want to make Apple products smarter for our users? The Information Intelligence teams are building groundbreaking technology for algorithmic search, machine learning, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence. The features we build are redefining how hundreds of millions of people use their computers and mobile devices to search and find what they are looking for. Our infrastructure powers search features across a variety of Apple products, including Apple Intelligence, Siri, Spotlight, Safari, Messages and multi-modal Lookup. As part of this group, you will work with one of the most exciting high performance computing environments, with petabytes of data, millions of queries per second, and have an opportunity to imagine and build products that delight our customers every single day.

Description

As a member of the team you’ll have the opportunity to work with specialists in their field enabling software feature development delivering Apple Intelligence to customers. This position requires a proactive engineer with strong technical skills to handle challenges.

Minimum Qualifications

7+ years of experience with Swift programming, ObjC is a plus
Expertise in working with Concurrency primitives
Experience with Performance Profiling, Memory and Optimization techniques
Understanding of client/server architectures
Proficiency with SDK APIs, Apple Developer Tools (Xcode, Instruments)
Comfort with large codebases and practical solutions
Knowledge of software patterns that allow for testing
Excellent interpersonal skills; able to work independently as well as in a team
BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Networking stack, CDNs is a plus
Experience with telemetry, defining and measuring SLAs is a plus

About this role

Summary

Develop advanced search and AI features for Apple products, working with large data and high-performance systems.

Job title

Staff/Sr. iOS Engineer - AI, Search & Knowledge Platforms

Experience level

7+ years

Minimum experience

7+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

Candidates in Cupertino or Santa Clara, remote not specified.

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

swiftobjcconcurrencyperformance profilingmemory optimizationclient/server architecturesdk APIsxcodeinstruments

Preferred skills

networkingcdnstelemetrysla measurement

Specializations

iosmachine learningnatural language processingsearch
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Cupertino, CA, USA

On-site City

Santa Clara, CA, USA

On-site City