Software Engineer – Apple Maps/Traffic

Summary

Posted: Feb 4, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number:200587480

When will rush hour start tomorrow? How long will it take for a traffic jam to clear up? How is my route affected by a road closure? We believe these questions are important to millions of people around the world, and we strive to answer them for you. Helping people navigate around the globe is one of our primary functions here on the Apple Maps team. We are the traffic team at Apple Maps and our main mission is to deliver accurate travel times and incidents for the world in realtime. We want to make sure that our recommendations are as accurate and responsive to external factors as possible. We are looking to hire a Software Engineer to help us ensure that our features and functionalities are relevant and accurate, while handling and working with high volumes of live and historical data. As our team member, you will improve our customers’ navigation experiences, and your contributions will positively impact travelers worldwide.

Description

Our team drives the designs, crafts the solutions, and evaluates the systems that accurately process massive streams of location data. As part of our team, you will enhance the quality of our traffic solutions, invent features and functionality, all while improving the experiences of millions of users each and every single day. As a traffic software engineer, you will be a key member of our team designing, implementing, and evaluating models which process huge amounts of GPS and sensor data. You will make substantial contributions towards the scalability and resilience of our core systems to ensure they work seamlessly across different execution contexts from real-time analysis to batch processing. Your role will expand into data science and ML as we build innovative solutions for future traffic challenges. Our team members collaborate with engineers, data scientists, and traffic authorities to build and enhance our systems that power our traffic production models. This role will inspire you to use your passion for detecting and rectifying data anomalies to create more meaningful data models and recommendations. We are a distributed team based in Zurich, Switzerland, and Cupertino, California. As we support a production system, occasional work outside standard business hours may be required.

Minimum Qualifications

• MS and 6+ years of industry experience
• Programming experience with a typed-language like Java, Scala and/or C++
• Experience with Python and common data science libraries
• Strong background in algorithms and ability to tackle complex challenges, think critically, and develop innovative algorithms

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD and 2+ years Post-Doc experience
• Proven experience working with very large-scale real-time data
• Familiarity with at least one major database technology (RDBMS or NoSQL)
• Experience in building large-scale data pipelines, possibly using Spark or Flink
• Shown experience in production data and/or services environments
• Experience with machine learning frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, TensorFlow) and model deployment a plus
• Aptitude for learning independently; prototyping and proposing new software designs as a philosophy for delivering successful deployments
• Excellent communication skills with shown experience working with multi-disciplined and multi-functional teams is highly desired
• Experience with working on cloud-based infrastructure (preferably Kubernetes)
• Experience with location data a plus
• Front-end experience a plus

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 $175,800 and $312,200, 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.
  
  Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.