Apple Maps is changing, and data is in the driver's seat. Our mission is to build the best map in the world. As Data Science organization, our goal is to harness the power of user data to help Maps make great decisions. We work in a data-driven environment where Data Scientists are instrumental in keeping the data that powers Apple Maps up-to-date and relevant.
We are looking for a talented, experienced Data Scientist to join our cross-functional team, focusing on evaluating routing service quality, ensuring its accuracy and reliability, and identifying areas of improvements. We work directly with the Engineering, Product, and Operation teams responsible for routing data and service algorithms that impact our millions of users every day. Our day-to-day work crosses many functional areas, including experimental design, AB testing, exploratory data analysis, AI/ML modeling, data mining, and more.
Build data products (feature datasets, analyses, models, etc.) and scalable tools (typically in Python or Scala) to drive hypothesis generation and support collaborative decision-making with our partner teams in engineering and product management
Design, create and validate actionable metrics, at both the component level and to measure overall user engagement and experience
Design effective experiments for evaluating complex data and machine learning-based systems
Develop models and analyses to mine large volume of data, extract insights, and recommend opportunities for product improvements
Automate analyses and pipelines via SQL and Python/Scala-based ETL frameworks
Communicate insights to partner teams to influence product direction with data
Use data intuition to translate hard product goals and business problems into solvable data science problems
Explore rapidly evolving ML and GenAI techniques, prototyping new approaches to assess their applicability to Maps-related problems
MS/PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Physics, Operations Research, or similar quantitative domain
3+ years experience with data analysis at web scale or relevant work experience
Proficient in at least one programming/scripting language (e.g., Python, Scala, Java)
Proficient in at least one database language (e.g., SQL)
Capable of translating business questions and needs into technical requirements, and using statistical techniques to find solutions
Solid communication and presentation skills
Prior industry experience with AB testing and causal inference
Experience with spatial data analysis
Prior proven industry experience with large data sets using technologies like Hadoop and Spark
Experience writing pipelines for automating analytics tasks at scale
Domain-specific knowledge of the mapping/transportation/GIS industry
Experience mentoring junior data scientists and leading projects of varying sizes and scopes
We’re a diverse collection of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, as well as with services, including iTunes, the App Store, Apple Music, and Apple Pay. And the same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it.
There’s a place here for every kind of brilliant. Everyone here is an innovator, or an innovator-to-be, no matter what your team or your role. So bring your passion, courage, and original thinking and get ready to share it, because every new product, service, or feature we invent is the result of people working together to make each others’ ideas stronger. Innovation at this level depends on people who represent the variety of the human experience and inspire us with their own fresh perspectives. Together, we’ll do amazing work that can make a difference in people’s lives. Including your own. Learn more about working at Apple.