Internationalization Machine Learning Engineer, Natural Language Generation (NLG)

Key Skills

Effective communication skills, Machine learning techniques, Natural language generation- NLG, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Python Programming

Job Description

Our mission is to make the input experience, a key pillar of Apple Intelligence, more inclusive and accessible for everyone, regardless of the languages they use or their background. With your ML expertise, engineering passion, and programming skills, you will:

• Work on language expansion of a wide range of most advanced text generation technologies such as context-augmented text rewriting, safety-controlled text composition, free-form text transformation, personalized smart interactions, etc.
• Apply NLP techniques and linguistic knowledge to data engineering and ML training to deliver the best input experience to Apple customers
• Seek scalable and innovative approaches for international languages to continually update the input experience
• Collaborate with different teams — such as NLP, Localization, SIML, AIML, Human Interface, etc. — to solve both design and engineering challenges and ensure that the next generation of experiences can reach all Apple customers.

Minimum Qualifications

• Proficiency in one of the East Asian languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc.) or Southeast Asian languages (Thai, Burmese, etc.)
• Strong fundamentals in ML and NLP algorithms including tokenization
• Strong programming and communication skills
• Proficiency in Python
• MS in Computer Science or a related field

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with tokenizer libraries and Unicode
• Experience with prompt engineering for international languages
• Understanding of data structures and common NLP algorithms
• Proficiency in a C-like dialect (Java, C, C++, Objective-C, Swift, etc.)
• PhD in CS/EE/Physics/Statistics/etc. (or Bachelor/Master with 2 years of industry experience)