Apple · 2 months ago
Machine Learning Language Engineer - Siri Core Modeling
Seattle, Washington, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$140K/yr - $258K/yr
3+ years expApple is a leading technology company known for its innovative products and services. The Siri NL team is seeking a machine learning language engineer to design and build standards for Siri's language understanding systems, directly impacting how users interact with Siri. The role involves developing ontologies, models, and data strategies for training and evaluating machine learning models.
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Responsibilities
Develop ontologies, models, and standards to define and organize Siri's understanding
Create, validate, and review requests for ontology changes
Develop data strategies for training and evaluating models including human-authored/annotated data and synthetic data
Own requirements related to ontology tools, metrics, and process improvements
Work with cross-functional teams to gather requirements across components and negotiate inter-team constraints
Qualification
Required
Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science, Linguistics, or science / mathematics degrees
Minimum 3 years experience of product development working with data annotation and creating ontologies and taxonomies
Experience with data-driven decision making
Experience with statistics and data science, including database queries
Experience with Python, Swift, C++, or other equivalent programming languages and AI-assisted programming
Background in computational linguistics, data science, or technical product management
Preferred
A curiosity about natural language understanding and its associated complex problems such as the representation of ambiguity
Experience working cross-functionally with machine learning and product engineering teams, data science teams, annotation teams, and designers
Demonstrated experience with systems thinking, particularly gathering requirements, identifying and resolving conflicts
Enthusiasm working on a diverse set of hard problems in a fast-moving product development environment
Familiarity with lexical semantics
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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