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Apple · 3 months ago

Lead Natural Language Modeling Research Scientist, Siri Speech

Apple is seeking an exceptional senior research scientist experienced in design and development of training, adapting and deploying large scale ML models with a focus on natural language understanding, generation, speech and/or multimodal generation. The role involves enriching conversation understanding capabilities through LLM and multimodal models, while ensuring quality with an emphasis on fairness and model robustness.

AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)BroadcastingDigital EntertainmentFoundational AIMedia and EntertainmentMobile DevicesOperating SystemsTVWearables
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Responsibilities

Training large scale language and multimodal models on distributed backends
Deployment of compact neural architectures such as transformers efficiently on device
Learning policies that can be personalized to the user in a privacy preserving manner
Ensuring quality with an emphasis on fairness and model robustness
Interacting very closely with a variety of ML researchers, software engineers, hardware & design teams cross functionally
Enriching conversation understanding capabilities through LLM and multimodal models
Focusing on enriching system safety experience

Qualification

Machine LearningNatural Language ProcessingLarge Language ModelsPyTorchPythonCC++JAX

Required

5 - 7+ years experience in Machine Learning and its application to NLP, NLG or Speech
Hands on experience training LLMs, adapting pre-trained LLMs for downstream tasks & human alignment
Experience delivering ML capabilities into great products
Proficiency in using ML toolkits, e.g., PyTorch
Strong programming skills in Python, C and C++

Preferred

JAX (nice to have)

Benefits

Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
Retirement benefits
A range of discounted products and free services
Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
Relocation

Company

Apple is a technology company that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.

H1B Sponsorship

Apple has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$5.67B
Key Investors
Berkshire HathawayMicrosoftSequoia Capital
2025-05-05Post Ipo Debt· $4.5B
2025-01-16Post Ipo Debt· $0.31M
2021-04-30Post Ipo Equity

Leadership Team

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Tim Cook
CEO
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Craig Federighi
SVP, Software Engineering
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