Software Engineer III
Company: TalentBurst, Inc.
Location: Cupertino
Posted on: February 18, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description Title: Software Engineer III
Hybrid onsite Tues-Thurs, remote Mon/Fri's Possibility to extension
AIML - Sr Backend Software Engineering, Data and ML Innovation
Summary Do you want to play a part in the next revolution in
Foundation Models? Contribute to model hillclimbing for client's
Intelligence features that leverage client's Foundation Models, and
work with the people who built the intelligent products that helps
millions of people get things done — just by asking or typing! The
vision for the AI/ML FM Data organization is to improve Foundation
Models by leveraging data from a variety of sources: crawl,
license, vendor and internal crowd-sourcing. As a Sr Software
Engineering on the team, you will drive backend innovations,
identify key opportunity areas where data can play a crucial role
and experiment with various data augmentation strategies to improve
model training efficiency and performance Description We are
looking for people with a track record in building scalable
pipelines and services. Join us, and impact hundreds of millions of
customers across billions of their interactions with foundation
model powered Apple Intelligence features, that are available on
iPhone, iPad, HomePod, Mac, Watch, CarPlay , and tv across more
than 30 languages! As a Sr Backend Software engineer, you will be
responsible for the following areas. Training data pipeline
development. Convert raw data into format acceptable by training
jobs on GCP and AWS. Leverage internal and open-sourced training
modules. Large scale inferences: Leverage internal and open-sourced
inference stack to generate inferences with fine-tuned LLMs on
massive amounts of data, for pre-train and post-training Data
processing and data filtering: Have the ability to efficiently
process and filter very large amounts of data, often times messy.
Scalable web services backend and APIs to support data access and
data inspection tools Minimum Qualifications BS in Computer Science
or Equivalent 10 years of programming experience in Python.
Extensive experiences in concurrency and parallelism, functional
programming, decorators. Familiarity in other programming languages
(Java/GoLang/Rust/Swift) Proficient in REST API, Redis, VectorDB or
other large scale data storage systems Solid foundational
programming skills (algorithms, data structures, OOP , etc)
Experience designing, writing, reviewing, testing and delivering
software for applications and systems at scale Preferred
Qualifications Familiarity with streaming-processing (Kafka).
Familiarity with a variety of build tools (Jenkins, Maven, Docker,
Gradle) Experience providing architecture and design guidance A
good communicator with clear and concise, active listening and
empathy skills. Are self-motivated and curious. Strive to
continually learn on the job. Have demonstrated creative and
critical thinking with an innate drive to improve how things work.
Have a high tolerance for ambiguity TB_EN ZR Company Description
Founded in 2002 by three former Monster.com executives; TalentBurst
is an award-winning full-service Staffing Firm working directly
with Fortune 500 companies in the US and Canada. We specialize in
Contract and Contract to Permanent roles across many industries and
have direct/contractual relationships with all our clients. Please
visit our website www.talentburst.com or come meet us at our
offices in Natick, MA, Miami, FL, Christiansburg, VA, Vineland, NJ,
Houston, TX & downtown San Francisco, CA Company Description
Founded in 2002 by three former Monster.com executives; TalentBurst
is an award-winning full-service Staffing Firm working directly
with Fortune 500 companies in the US and Canada. We specialize in
Contract and Contract to Permanent roles across many industries and
have direct/contractual relationships with all our clients. Please
visit our website www.talentburst.com or come meet us at our
offices in Natick, MA, Miami, FL, Christiansburg, VA, Vineland, NJ,
Houston, TX & downtown San Francisco, CA
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