The Siri Speech team at Apple is seeking exceptional individuals to enhance the core technology that enables Siri to understand, learn, and remember. This role involves working with large and diverse datasets, focusing on the intersection of speech recognition, natural language processing, and dialogue management. The team is dedicated to implementing distributed data engineering techniques to improve the Siri product. Candidates will have the opportunity to collaborate with software engineers and data scientists to deliver innovative voice-based experiences to millions of users worldwide.

• Deep expertise in Python software development, CI/CD, unit and integration testing
• Experience with distributed data processing tools and frameworks such as Beam, Spark, Dask, or Ray
• Strong software engineering abilities in Python
• M.S. or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
• Strong data engineering background in speech and/or language/text/dialogue processing field
• Experience in speech and/or machine learning is a plus
• Strong interpersonal skills to work well with engineering teams
• Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing priorities
• Passion for building extraordinary products and experiences for users

• Implement backend tools for speech data warehouses, including cataloging the entire collection of speech data
• Automate speech data annotation that runs on a self-serve platform
• Deploy and implement LLM-based chatbots to make the unified speech warehouse queryable and actionable via natural language
• Automate onboarding of new speech datasets from various sources onto a unified speech warehouse for easier discoverability and inclusion in training and evaluation of Siri
• Collaborate with other data and infrastructure teams across Apple to implement querying and speech dataset creation improvements

• 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.