AIML - Staff Machine Learning Engineer Answers, Knowledge & Intelligence (AKI)

Key Skills

Aartificial intelligence, Machine learning techniques, Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Job Description

As a member of our fast-paced group, you’ll have the unique and rewarding opportunity to shape upcoming products from Apple. Our team includes a diversity of backgrounds from applied scientists with a focus in NLP to experienced distributed systems. We are looking for candidates with both applied machine learning experience and strong engineering skills.

The role will have the following responsibilities:

• Own the entire ML development cycle from opportunity analysis, exploration, and prototyping to data collection, feature engineering, training, evaluation, and deployment in production.
• Lead the development of machine learning models to improve search quality across retrieval, ranking, reranking, and query understanding.
• Improve search quality and experience by leveraging techniques such as learning-to-rank, embedding models, contrastive learning, multi-task learning, and reinforcement learning where appropriate.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership in architecting ML systems and designing ML models.
• Understand product requirements, then translate them into modeling tasks and engineering tasks.

Minimum Qualifications

• You have 8+ years of experience in information retrieval, natural language processing, machine learning, or deep learning.
• You have a deep understanding of machine learning theory, including supervised learning, ranking models, embeddings, representation learning, and evaluation metrics.
• You have proven ability to apply advanced ML techniques to improve search relevance and retrieval quality at scale.
• You are comfortable leading experimentation, offline evaluation, and online A/B testing for iterative improvements in search quality.
• You have excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to work independently as well as as part of a team.
• You have a Master’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience in machine learning or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced diploma in AI, Machine Learning, Computer Science, or Mathematics

Pay & Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $175,800 and $312,200, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.