Senior Engineering Manager, Conversational AI & Knowledge Intelligence
Core
Lead the engineering organization building foundational intelligence for Siri, Spotlight, Safari, and Apple Intelligence, focusing on Conversational AI, World Knowledge Question Answering, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
Role type
Senior Engineering Manager (Conversational AI & Knowledge Intelligence)
Builds
Scalable knowledge systems, LLM-powered reasoning capabilities, retrieval infrastructure, and knowledge generation platforms for Apple's ecosystem.
Domain
Consumer Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Natural Language Processing
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Large-scale engineering leadership, Conversational AI, Search, Question Answering, Knowledge Systems, Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Distributed Systems
Preferred skills
Modern LLM architectures, Agentic AI, Semantic Search, Vector Databases, Knowledge Graphs, LLM Post-training, RLHF/RLAIF, Knowledge Distillation
Technologies
Apple Private Cloud Compute, Apple Silicon, Core ML
Responsibilities
Define vision and architecture for Conversational AI platforms; lead end-to-end engineering for RAG and knowledge reasoning; drive development of scalable knowledge pipelines; develop on-device and server-side software frameworks; collaborate across product and foundation model teams; build and mentor engineering managers.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
