Apple · 3 months ago
macOS ML Engineer
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$172K/yr - $302K/yr
3+ years expApple is a leading technology company, and they are seeking a passionate macOS ML Engineer to join the Information Security Machine Learning (ISML) team. This role involves developing software and integrations to enhance on-device security through machine learning, requiring a deep understanding of the macOS environment and high-performance application development.
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Responsibilities
As a macOS ML Engineer, you will build the fundamental software, libraries, tools, and test suites to support autonomous security on Apple devices
You will develop the software and integrations to make on device security machine learning successful
As part of this process, you will define the architectures and services of autonomous security on-device, including OS interfaces and autonomous security capabilities
You will collaborate with Core OS, security, and services partners across Apple to deliver high reliability, high performance device frameworks and services
You will adapt the intelligence, models, and research developed by the team to run on macOS
Development and deployment of autonomous security on macOS needs to balance privacy, rigor, visibility, performance, and impact
In this role, you need to have skills and knowledge across a blend of macOS development best-practices, systems and software engineering, and embedded systems development
Day to day, you will use Apple internal tools and platforms, third party cloud, and local hardware to test and deploy software, frameworks, and ML models to target current macOS and future macOS releases
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Machine Learning, or related field
3+ years of experience developing system software, services, applications, or frameworks for macOS or Linux
Solid programming skills in at least one of the following programming languages: Swift, Objective-C, C/C++, Rust with strong attention to detail
System level programming and debugging experience such as efficient file I/O, memory management, and concurrency
Experience with on-device ML frameworks (Core ML, Win ML, ONNX, TF Lite or ExecuTorch)
Experience with API design and software architecture
Demonstrated experience working cross-organization
Preferred
Knowledge of general ML Framework implementation (Jax, PyTorch, or TensorFlow)
Experience with continuous software monitoring and distributed systems
Experience with endpoint sensing, telemetry, or on-device stream processing
Understanding of MLOps practices including model validation, versioning, monitoring, and deployment in high-security environments
Background in cybersecurity, malware analysis, digital forensics, or red/blue teaming
Experience with CoreML, including porting models to run on macOS, utilizing the CoreML runtime, and deploying models using the Neural Engine or GPU
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
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