Apple · 6 hours ago
AIML - Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Answers, Knowledge u0026 Information (AKI)
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$181K/yr - $318K/yr
8+ years expApple is revolutionizing the way people access information on their devices through its Siri and Information Intelligence team. They are seeking a senior Machine Learning Engineer to develop LLMs and NLP models that enhance user productivity and improve Siri's capabilities.
AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)BroadcastingDigital EntertainmentFoundational AIMedia and EntertainmentMobile DevicesOperating SystemsTVWearables
Responsibilities
Contribute to research, design, implementation, and evaluation of models to enhance quality and performance, and to support key functions for Personal Q&A
Implement and extend LLM models with fine-tuning and RLXF methodologies. Develop high quality data pipelines to support these methodologies
Establish target quality metrics and evaluation sets for the team to track and improve. Design novel experiments to validate/refute hypotheses and support team wide decision making
Collaborate with partner teams to define product requirements and priorities, and to explore opportunities for enhancements to the Personal Q&A stack
Develop long-term technical vision for Personal Q&A quality; identify problem areas and integrate solutions as part of a larger roadmap
Qualification
Required
8+ years industry experience in Machine Learning, NLP and applying these techniques at scale
Strong software engineering skills in mainstream programming languages, such as: Python, Go, C/C++
Experience using ML frameworks (pyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, XGBoost etc.)
Strong communication skills
Bachelors in Computer Science
Preferred
In-depth knowledge and expertise in training, evaluating, and applying Deep learning models, Large Language Models for production systems
Extensive experience in building production ML systems and applications in search, recommendation systems, or information retrieval
Ability to quickly prototype ideas / solutions, and perform critical analysis
Background in: search relevance and ranking, Q&A, personalization, user behavior/response modeling, or data-driven decision-making
Advanced degree (Master's or Ph.D.) in Computer Science, Statistics, or related field, or equivalent industry work experience
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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10001+ employees
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Funding
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$5.67BKey Investors
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2025-05-05Post Ipo Debt· $4.5B
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Tim Cook
CEO
Craig Federighi
SVP, Software Engineering
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