Senior Software Developer, Proactive - Search and Data Foundations
Apple
April 22, 2026
On-site
Waterloo, Ontario, United States
Apple is looking for experienced software engineers to join the Search and Data Foundations team within the Apple Intelligence Platform. We are building the next generation of data and search infrastructure that supports on-device intelligent experiences. We are looking for highly motivated systems developers that want to make a big impact on our users!\\nThe Search and Data Foundations builds a central part of the Apple Intelligence infrastructure. We develop the back-end ecosystem of data and indexing technologies that power experiences for millions of users. This includes data pipelines, data storage and retrieval, intelligent indexing, and various search technologies.
We are a growing, talented, and motivated team building on-device data and search systems to support intelligent user experiences. We build high-performance data intensive systems that run in highly resource constrained environments, and collaborate with many different teams at Apple to create groundbreaking technology.
You’ll build state-of-the-art, on-device, privacy preserving, and performant intelligent systems. You will be able to contribute to a variety of aspects in our stack, including foundational data storage, indexing, and search technology. You will ship code that runs on millions of devices that people use every day.\\nTo succeed in this role, you must be a strong programmer who thrives in a fast-paced environment, working collaboratively across teams and organizations. You must enjoy writing performance critical code that is designed to run in highly resource-constrained environments.
B.S or M.S in Computer Science, or equivalent experience\\nStrong computer science fundamentals required\\nAbility to write reliable, resilient, performant and well-tested code\\nStrong problem solving and debugging skills\\nStrong technical communication and presentation skills\\nHands-on experience with at least one compiled language (C/C++/Objective-C, Swift, Go, Java, Rust, etc.), and multi-threaded applications\\nExperience building production software systems within large engineering projects
Familiarity with database systems and operating system concepts\\nExperience with performance profiling and tracing tools\\nExperience with macOS/iOS development
We are a growing, talented, and motivated team building on-device data and search systems to support intelligent user experiences. We build high-performance data intensive systems that run in highly resource constrained environments, and collaborate with many different teams at Apple to create groundbreaking technology.
You’ll build state-of-the-art, on-device, privacy preserving, and performant intelligent systems. You will be able to contribute to a variety of aspects in our stack, including foundational data storage, indexing, and search technology. You will ship code that runs on millions of devices that people use every day.\\nTo succeed in this role, you must be a strong programmer who thrives in a fast-paced environment, working collaboratively across teams and organizations. You must enjoy writing performance critical code that is designed to run in highly resource-constrained environments.
B.S or M.S in Computer Science, or equivalent experience\\nStrong computer science fundamentals required\\nAbility to write reliable, resilient, performant and well-tested code\\nStrong problem solving and debugging skills\\nStrong technical communication and presentation skills\\nHands-on experience with at least one compiled language (C/C++/Objective-C, Swift, Go, Java, Rust, etc.), and multi-threaded applications\\nExperience building production software systems within large engineering projects
Familiarity with database systems and operating system concepts\\nExperience with performance profiling and tracing tools\\nExperience with macOS/iOS development