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Description:

This Software Development Engineer role will encompass the entire lifecycle of ML platform reliability engineering. The engineer will address user queries or tickets, triage and mitigate issues, converting diagnosis processes and solutions from ad hoc to systematic, reactive to proactive, and manual to automatic. They will visualize ML platform scalability and stability, assessing their impact on development velocity and resource utilization. Based on the actual impact, they will prioritize engineering efforts across teams, enhancing the system's key performance indicators.","responsibilities":"Ensure user queries or tickets to be responded in time

Evaluate current visibility for state and performance of the system

Define and monitor system key performance indices

Design and implement operational tools

As a technical leader, motivate and communicate cross-teams, drive the understanding of problems and the best practice of solutions

Preferred Qualifications:

Knowledge of ML, including LLM, as well as experience in developing real, large scale ML jobs

Knowledge of analytics method and pipelines, able to utilize it for visualization of platform KPIs

Experience designing and implementing systems to support ML applications

Experience in large-scale service and job deployment, using an orchestration framework (Kubernetes) and cloud services for large-scale projects

Experience in observability of system behaviors, having made decision what should be visible according to actual needs to solve specific problem

Experience and knowledge on Quality Assurance, A/B testing for large-scale systems

Minimum Qualifications:

Ability of analyzing problems in depth, determining root cause, articulate clearly and propose solutions

Solid understanding of system architecture and large-scale ML service and computational platform operations

• Proficiency in coding with scripting and programming languages, including but not limited to
• Bash, Python, Golang

Knowledge of ML training and production workflows, understanding dependencies among architectural building blocks

7+ years experience of software development for compute infra or its operational stack, commensurate with operating cutting-edge hybrid cloud platforms

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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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