Enabling users to discover, explore and visit Places worldwide makes Apple Maps so unique and beneficial to our users!

Join our Apple Maps Places Data Team and demonstrate your passion for Machine Learning by building the most comprehensive and accurate global Places dataset that powers impactful location-based experiences across all of Apple’s ecosystem!

Our Places Data Team ingests, ranks, and conflates large geospatial data-sets containing places information, photos, reviews, and more. We augment this data using powerful machine-learning techniques at scale. We take innovative approaches to address unique problems, using our years of geospatial knowledge, systems expertise, and product development experience.

As a member of this team, you can expect among other things to:

– Be responsible for the design and architecture of the Places data pipeline to enable rapid integration of various LLM and computer vision based machine learning solutions.

– Seek opportunities and develop scalable algorithms for efficient, automated data generation and data curation, minimizing the need for manual corrections.

– Take ownership for enriching all aspects of our places data (location, metadata, images and media) to power user experiences that delight billions of users across all Apple platforms.

– Engage with various engineering, HI and Product teams to help set the strategic direction of Apple Maps and other products.

– Communicate timelines and set expectations with multi-functional team members to help clarify and manage varying factors.

– Drive the investigation and resolution of high product impact issues.

– Mentor and advise junior as well as other senior coworkers through their explorations, including giving guidance on when to try something new.