Summary
Posted: Sep 20, 2024
Weekly Hours: 40
Role Number: 200568752
Are you passionate about building scalable, reliable search platforms at scale? Come join us and be part of the Apple Media Products incredible journey. The Apple Media Search Platform team is looking for extraordinary search engineers to build the best music search experience across all Apple platforms. We are a key part of the Apple ecosystem, supporting millions of users and billions of transactions. We operate in hundreds of countries and dozens of languages. We strive to provide the best search experience for our customers. If you are passionate about providing the best search results when users ask to play music on iPhone, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and HomePod, this is the right place to be. We obsess over the search experience on the Apple ecosystem and other ecosystems where Apple Music is supported.
Description
This full stack engineer will help build the next-generation Apple Media Products (AMP) search engines, mainly focusing on developing search debugging systems and scalable business analysis tools. In this role, you will have the opportunity to learn the full stack of the AMP search technologies, from the top media API entry points through the leaf search engine nodes, all the way to the catalogs that source the data. You will collaborate with engineering and science teams to architect, prototype, design, and implement end-to-end debugging tools that will help team members simulate real-world user searches on any Apple device and expose all the middle layer micro-service inputs/outputs at every stage of the search engine stack. These tools will significantly boost team productivity, being essential for nearly every investigation and validation. In this role, you will also build highly scalable data analysis tools that will query on top of billions of user historical search results across different countries and media types to provide business insights from various perspectives. Overall, these tools will be used daily by hundreds of engineers and scientists across the entire Apple Media Products group and will help Apple to provide better search experiences for over a billion users worldwide on all Apple devices.
- Proficient in Java, C++, or other object-oriented programming languages
- Experience in debugging tool development
- Understanding of information retrieval concepts such as inverted index, recall, ranking, and evaluation of search quality is a plus
- Working experience on information retrieval systems such as Solr is a plus
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of spell correction systems and query suggestions is 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 $197,400 and $296,300, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Apple employees also have the opportunity to become Apple shareholders 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 reimbursement for certain educational expenses related to advancing your career at Apple. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.
Note: Apple benefits, compensation, and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
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