Distributed Systems Engineer, Instructional Products - Full-time

**Weekly Hours:** 40 **Role Number:** 200668721-3337 **Summary** Join a great team responsible for delivering instructional content for iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, through Siri, and on the web! Our team has created and maintains an evolving, cutting edge, cloud-based content development, management and delivery system platform that powers contextual help, Tips, Apple Intelligence features, and comprehensive user guides for all Apple's hardware and software products. **Description** We are seeking a Distributed Systems Engineer with expertise in building Restful APIs, Search and a working knowledge of machine learning concepts and systems. Your role will primarily involve developing backend services and creating data and inference pipelines with large set of data. This position is ideal for those passionate about enhancing search features using advanced machine learning methods. **Minimum Qualifications** + Strong coding skills and solid understanding of algorithms and data structures + Proficient with various programming languages such as Go, Java, Python, TypeScript + Expert knowledge of API design and interface technologies (JSON, ProtoBuf, REST,RPC, XML, etc) + Experience with AWS Services such as Amazon S3, EC2, EKS / Kubernetes + Experience with event-based messaging systems (Kafka) + B.S, M.S. or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent experience **Preferred Qualifications** + Experience with MongoDB and Unstructured data + Experience in Machine learning and/or Natural Language Processing + Experience of prompt engineering, fine-tuning, evaluating, and developing data collection/annotation/management tooling for LLMs + Exemplary ability to design, perform experiments, and influence engineering direction and product roadmap + Solid understanding of the software development process, including unit testing and release management