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Description:

As a Senior/Staff Engineer on the Foundation Model Compute Infra team, you will design and scale the scheduling and orchestration systems that power Apple's large-scale foundation model training and inference workloads across TPU clusters. You will drive innovations in resource management, cluster efficiency, and platform reliability, enabling Apple's next-generation AI models to train and serve at scale.","responsibilities":"Lead the design and evolution of the scheduling platform that manages large-scale TPU workloads across multi-region clusters, supporting both training and inference.

Develop topology-aware and quota-aware schedulers to improve cluster utilization, job latency, and fairness.

Collaborate with Apple Foundation Model team to integrate advanced distributed computing frameworks (Pathways, Ray, Beam, Jet Stream) into the platform or expose them as reliable, scalable services.

Automate complex operational workflows for quota updates, job lifecycle management, and resource provisioning to reduce on-call and dev-ops overhead.

Mentor engineers and partner across teams to influence the direction of Apple's large-scale distributed compute strategy.

Preferred Qualifications:

Advance degrees in Computer Science, engineering, or a related field

Proficient in working with and debugging accelerators, like: GPU, TPU, AWS Trainium

Proficient in ML training and deployment frameworks, like: JAX, Tensorflow, Py Torch, TensorRT, vLLM

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelors in Computer Science, engineering, or a related field

Experience with foundation model training and inference workloads across TPU clusters

5+ years of hands-on experience in building scalable backend systems for training and evaluation of machine learning models

Proficient in relevant programming languages, like Python or Go

Strong expertise in distributed systems, reliability and scalability, containerization, and cloud platforms

Proficient in cloud computing infrastructure and tools: Kubernetes, Ray, Py Spark

Ability to clearly and concisely communicate technical and architectural problems, while working with partners to iteratively find

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Pay & Benefits:

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 $171,600 and $302,200, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

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