If nothing else, Apple is apparently looking to beef up Siri. According to hiring data tracked by Thinknum, job openings for Siri-related positions at Apple are at an all-time high.
Apple’s job listings indicate that it currently has 161 openings for jobs that contain the term “Siri” in their title or description. That number is up 24 percent over the last month and at its all-time high:
Per the data, the number of open positions at Apple containing the term “Siri” has risen to an all-time high of 161 job listings posted recently. This represents a boost of more than 24 percent for the keyword in a month.
The overwhelming majority of Siri job openings are in Santa Clara Valley at Apple’s new headquarters, with 125 of the 161 openings being for that area. There are also openings for San Francisco, Shanghai, Cambridge, and more.
The listings include 154 software engineering jobs, one design job, three product development jobs and three jobs for information systems and technology.
As for patterns in the job titles, the most common title is “Siri – Software Engineer”, of which there are 5 positions. With three positions, “Siri – iOS Engineer” has three replicated openings.
The other jobs require engineering skillsets ranging from Infrastructure Engineers, to Machine Learning Engineers, to Natural Language Processing (NLP) Engineers.
Siri has taken criticism for lagging behind other smart assistants such as Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. As such, Apple seems to be throwing more of an effort to fleshing it out and improving it, especially in comparison with its competition.
Via 9to5Mac