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Senior Software Engineer, Navigation Intelligence & Applied ML

Apple· Software
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Cupertino, California$184.7k - $324.8kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior Software Engineer specializing in Navigation Intelligence at Apple Maps within the Navigation Experience team. Focus on applying machine learning to make real-time guidance smarter, contextual, and personalized while maintaining privacy-first principles. Roles span on-device and backend, with collaboration across design, routing, data science, and product to deliver end-to-end navigation experiences across multiple modalities.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain navigation features and services in Apple Maps.
  • Design, develop, and deploy machine learning models and intelligent features that directly power the navigation experience in Apple Maps.
  • Explore and apply a range of technical approaches, from heuristics to deep learning, to personalize the navigation journey and adapt guidance to user context and real-time conditions.
  • Write complex, highly-performant, and reliable production code (primarily in C++) to integrate ML models efficiently into high-scale backend services and on-device environments.
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners, including design, product, and other engineering teams, to translate customer empathy into technical ML solutions.
  • Participate in design and code reviews, contribute to architectural decisions, and build data pipelines for continuous model evaluation and improvement.
  • Influence the future product direction for navigation intelligence with technical expertise, mentorship, and customer-focused thinking.

Qualifications

  • BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics, or related field, with strong industry experience building large-scale, production-grade ML applications.
  • Proven experience applying applied Machine Learning to solve complex, customer-facing technical problems (e.g., personalization, recommendation, contextual AI, or sequence modeling).
  • Ability to write complex, highly-performant, clean, and maintainable solutions in C++.
  • Solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, and software architecture.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and comfort working with ambiguity, evolving requirements, and open-ended product questions.
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills, possessing the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a distributed, multi-functional team environment.

Skills

Required:C++Machine LearningSoftware Architecture
Nice to have:Python

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • range of discounted products and free services
  • reimbursement for certain educational expenses (tuition)
  • discretionary bonuses or commission payments and relocation eligibility
  • Apple discretionary employee stock programs and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Last updated Aug 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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