Apple · 18 hours ago
AIML - Staff Machine Learning Engineer
Santa Clara, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$212K/yr - $386K/yrApple is seeking a Staff Machine Learning Engineer for their AIML Information Intelligence team, which focuses on developing innovative technologies in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing. The role involves working on large scale machine learning models to enhance search capabilities across various Apple products and conducting applied research to transition cutting-edge AI research into production-ready technologies.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Digital MediaElectronicsMedia and EntertainmentAppsBroadcastingDigital EntertainmentFoundational AIMobile DevicesOperating SystemsTVWearables
Responsibilities
Working on query understanding components such as intent classification, entity recognition, entity linking, etc. and analyzing query understanding issues and opportunities
Developing, fine-tuning, and evaluating domain specific Large Language Models for various tasks and applications in Apple’s AI powered products
Conducting applied research to transfer the cutting edge research in generative AI to production ready technologies
Understanding product requirements, translate them into modeling tasks and engineering tasks
Building machine learned models for entity linking, intent classification, entity recognition, search relevance, ranking and query understanding problems
Integrating search functions into Apple products, such as Siri, Spotlight, Safari, Messages, Lookup, etc
Building end-to-end production system including query understanding and ranking to power search
Utilizing Spark, Hadoop MapReduce, Hive, Impala to perform distributed data processing
Qualification
Required
Experience in machine learning, deep learning, information retrieval, knowledge graphs, natural language processing or data mining
Experience of prompt engineering, fine-tuning, evaluating, and developing data collection/annotation/management tooling for LLMs
Proficiency in one of following languages: Python, Go, Java, C++
Excellent knowledge and good practical skills in major machine learning algorithms
Excellent data analytical skills
Good interpersonal skills and team player
Preferred
MS or PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Information Retrieval, Data Science or related field
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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Founded in 1976
10001+ employees
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