Finance Digital Transformation - Senior Software Engineer

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and curiosity to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Do you love thinking analytically? Just as our customers find value in Apple products, the Finance group finds value for both Apple and its shareholders.

As a senior machine learning engineer in Finance, you'll play an integral and global role in building the platform, data foundations, and services used for transforming Finance's organization.

Description

You'll learn intra-team and business process to build infrastructure and services enabling effective Generative AI and Machine Learning practices. You will help lead the charge by developing strong AI/ML processes and extending platforms in a dynamic environment where you will deal with unique challenges specific to Finance organizations, such as SOX and regulatory compliance. Your ability to instill and proliferate strong software engineering practices into team data science and machine learning processes will be critical.

Responsibilities:

Lead the architecture, technical design, and development of the strategic Agentic AI web app driving the organization's AI initiatives.

Build the scalable backend data and automation services via RESTful interfaces, and develop rich, intuitive frontend experiences for agent governance and leadership dashboards.

Drive the software development lifecycle by hardening CI/CD pipelines, implementing comprehensive automation testing, logging, monitoring, alerting, and leading production debugging.

Apply strong system thinking to design scalable architectures. Collaborate closely with delivery engineering pods, data scientists, and business stakeholders, clearly explaining complex technical concepts.

Ensure platform controls are robust, auditable, and scalable within stringent Finance governance and regulatory frameworks (e.g., SOX).

Preferred Qualifications

Strong collaboration skills, system thinking, and a proven ability to clearly communicate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Experience building with agentic AI frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, Google ADK).

LLMOps or AIOps familiarity, including building AI evaluation pipelines, prompt versioning, and drift detection.

Background in ML algorithms and a track record of their practical application in enterprise settings.

Background in corporate finance, accounting, or supply chain; understanding of SOX, P&L, and close processes.

Minimum Qualifications

7+ years of experience shipping production web applications, with a proven track record of end-to-end technical ownership.

Proficient in Python, with solid backend engineering experience using FastAPI or Django.

Solid experience developing user interfaces with React or similar modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks.

Deep expertise with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and Enterprise Data Warehouses (e.g., Snowflake), including data modeling, integration, and complex query optimization.

Deep knowledge of the modern software development lifecycle, CI/CD pipelines, and various types of automated testing.

Strong Kubernetes and cloud platform experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure) in production environments

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 $184,700 and $277,600, 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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