Apple's Media, Graphics, and Compute Technologies Group is seeking a big data engineer to join their Data Engineering team. This team is essential for supporting data-driven analytics by providing data collection, warehousing, and analytics at a large scale. The role involves designing and developing high-volume processing pipelines while collaborating with engineers and data scientists in an agile environment. The focus is on leveraging Generative AI and Machine Learning technologies to enhance data analytics capabilities.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience
• Experience in building large scale distributed systems in Java, Python, or similar languages
• Proficient in SQL
• Experience with data warehouse architectures and dimensional modeling
• Demonstrated ability to conduct performance analysis and troubleshoot large scale distributed systems
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to understand complex architectures and work effectively across teams
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Production experience with Apache Kafka, Spark, or Flink
• Working knowledge of Trino or similar distributed query engines
• Experience building multi-agent AI systems or agentic workflows
• Familiarity with Retrieval Augmented Generation techniques working in conjunction with LLMs
• Experience with creating and consuming Model Context Protocol services

• Collaborate with data scientists across functional teams to define and enhance performance metrics that provide valuable insights for stakeholders
• Build and maintain ingestion pipelines for real-time data processing
• Develop real-time applications driving operational monitoring
• Create batch ETL/ELT applications populating the data warehouse
• Apply Generative AI and Retrieval Augmented Generation techniques to enhance data analytics capabilities
• Utilize Machine Learning technologies for anomaly detection

• 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.