Data Scientist Audio Analytics
Apple San Diego, CA Full-time 3/31/2026 $163,300 - $290,100 a year
Master's with 2+ Years of Experience
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•FY 2025Job Description
Apple is seeking an experienced Data Scientist to join their Audio Technology team, focusing on optimizing audio experiences across consumer electronics. The role involves analyzing large-scale audio session and device telemetry data to uncover user behavior patterns and drive improvements in sound quality and performance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, or a related quantitative field.
- 3+ years of professional experience in data science, data engineering, or machine learning related roles.
- Strong programming skills in Python for data analysis, scripting, and automation.
- Advanced SQL skills for querying and analyzing large-scale datasets.
- Experience building or maintaining data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows.
- Experience working with large-scale or distributed data processing frameworks (e.g., Apache Spark).
- Solid understanding of data modeling, data quality, and analytical dataset development.
- Experience using version control systems such as Git in collaborative environments.
Responsibilities
- Analyze large-scale audio session and device telemetry data to identify patterns in user behavior and system adjustments.
- Develop analytical datasets and workflows that support scalable analysis and experimentation.
- Build and maintain data pipelines that transform raw telemetry into reliable analytical datasets.
- Explore opportunities for predictive or adaptive system behaviors that improve device audio experience.
- Partner with engineering and product teams to translate telemetry insights into actionable product improvements.
- Improve data accessibility and reliability through automation and internal data tooling.
- Support experimentation and data-driven decision making across audio and device interaction scenarios.
Benefits
- Employees at Apple are often offered comprehensive benefits that support physical and mental well-being—flexible medical plans, confidential counseling, onsite wellness centers at major campuses, and resources for fitness and daily life. Families typically receive fertility support, paid parental leave with gradual return, caregiving leave, and dependent-care guidance, while financial perks commonly include stock grants (with purchase discounts), 401(k) matching, and income-protection coverage. Employees also see robust time off, Apple University learning and tuition reimbursement, donation matching and paid volunteer hours, and deep product and partner discounts.
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