# Staff Software Engineer (Applied AI)

We are looking for a Staff level Software Engineer with experience working with the latest LLM’s from OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Mistral, Llama etc. 'and custom fine-tuned models i.e(Defog, Nous research) to help us advance our Manufacturing Systems and Operations. You will move fast prototyping ideas and experimenting with new approaches to solve existing problems better. This role will work with and across multiple organizations and functional roles to develop solutions that not only end up in production, but have a significant impact. Some solutions will be stand alone while others will be built on top of existing systems through a deep collaboration. We want someone that has experience taking an idea from the whiteboard to production and then scale it. You are going to get to do that again here. Description The applications we build are used daily by the people at Apple that design our products along with those that figure out how to make them at scale. This includes; Manufacturing Design Engineers, Product Designers, Mechanical Engineers, Quality Engineers, Supply Chain Managers, along with our Suppliers. We work closely with them to design and architect the best solutions for

- **Id**: 2134733
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/apple-staff-software-engineer-applied-ai>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cupertino, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-05-07T22:37:39Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T19:47:23Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 184
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2132
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Artificial Intelligence, Operating Systems, Smartwatches & Fitness Trackers, Tablets

## Company

- **Id**: 12
- **Name**: Apple
- **Domain**: apple.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/apple>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Apple Jobs

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 89
- **Open postings**: 835
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.218
- **Repost share**: 0.006
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 90
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 274000
- **Max usd**: 511000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 1500

## Technologies

- **Anthropic** — Optional: no
- **Gemini** — Optional: no
- **Llama** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **Mistral** — Optional: no
- **OpenAI** — Optional: no
- **ETL/ELT** — Optional: yes
- **Go** — Optional: yes
- **Java** — Optional: yes
- **PostgreSQL** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes
- **RAG** — Optional: yes
- **Snowflake** — Optional: yes
- **SQL** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Days open**: 184

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-09T01:28:51Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-09T01:39:59Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-09T06:17:28Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-11T12:23:15Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-11T15:08:15Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-11T23:11:48Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-12T02:31:52Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-12T11:04:10Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-12T17:08:32Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-19T23:56:35Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-20T03:42:08Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-20T15:30:45Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-21T10:21:38Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-21T16:58:38Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-22T04:58:48Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-23T12:04:11Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-23T21:40:28Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-29T14:06:45Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-29T18:52:12Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-03T06:46:23Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-03T11:34:00Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-04T20:23:34Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-05T06:31:16Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-06T18:41:53Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-06T23:53:45Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 6,350 · green card filings: 39; Filings 12m: 6350

## Liveness

- **Score**: 23
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.815
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 184
- **Expected fill days**: 90
- **Reasons**: conf:2, urgency, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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