Machine Learning Engineer

Apple Inc

Cupertino, CA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Benchmarking, Best Practices, Big Data, Business Processes, C++ Programming Language, Communication Skills, Computer Science, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Improvement, Continuous Integration, Cross-Functional, Data Mining, Data Science, Distributed Computing, High Throughput, Java, Large-Scale Systems, Machine Learning, Machine Tool, Memory Hardware, Object Oriented Programming (OOP) Languages, Operations Research, Problem Solving Skills, Production Systems, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Quality Management, Requirements Management, SQL (Structured Query Language), Safety/Work Safety, Scalable System Development, Snowflake Schema, Statistics, Systems Reliability, Team Player, Testing
LOCATION
Cupertino, CA
POSTED
30+ days ago

As a Machine Learning Engineer, you will design and build cutting-edge AI/ML systems that drive meaningful business outcomes at scale. You will work cross-functionally to bring innovative machine learning solutions from research and experimentation through to robust, production-grade deployment.

The MLE will collaborate with other MLEs to build scalable, production-ready ML solutions, taking algorithms from initial concept through to deployment. This hire will design end-to-end AI/ML solutions with clear business impact, from concept to deployment, with a strong focus on feasibility, scalability, and performance. You will benchmark, adapt, and integrate AI/ML models into existing systems. Deploy, monitor, and support AI tools in production environments, ensuring reliability and performance.

Contribute to the ongoing improvement of ML infrastructure, tooling, and best practices.

Partner with data scientists, and engineers to translate business requirements into technical ML solutions.

Conduct rigorous model evaluation, testing, and iteration to continuously improve model quality and efficiency.

Design and integrate LLM-powered features and AI agent workflows into production systems, ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance.

Build and maintain agentic pipelines that leverage tool use, memory, and multi-step reasoning to automate complex business processes.

Evaluate and benchmark LLM outputs as part of the model evaluation lifecycle, assessing quality, latency, and safety in production contexts.

8 years of related experience building high-throughput, scalable applications or machine learning models in a production environment.

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Data Mining, Machine Learning, Operations Research, or related field.

Proficiency in one or more object-oriented programming languages such as Python, Java, or C++, with hands-on experience building distributed systems.

Experience building large-scale machine learning systems using big data technologies such as Spark, SQL, Snowflake, or similar platforms.

Experience with ML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or scikit-learn.

Familiarity with MLOps practices including model versioning, CI/CD pipelines, and experiment tracking tools such as MLflow or similar.

Experience building and deploying applications using large language models (e.g., GPT-4, Claude, Gemini, or open-source alternatives) via APIs or self-hosted inference.

Hands-on experience with agentic frameworks such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, or AutoGen to build multi-step, tool-augmented AI workflows.

10 years of related experience building high-throughput, scalable applications or machine learning models in a production environment.

Solid understanding of ML fundamentals including supervised/unsupervised learning, model evaluation, and feature engineering.

Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to translate ambiguous business problems into well-defined ML solutions.

Excellent cross-functional communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering and data science teams.

Familiarity with LLM evaluation practices including output quality assessment, hallucination detection, and latency benchmarking in production environments.

About the Company

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Apple Inc

We bring amazing people together to make amazing things happen.

We’re a diverse collection of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, as well as with services, including iTunes, the App Store, Apple Music, and Apple Pay. And the same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it.

About Apple

There’s a place here for every kind of brilliant. Everyone here is an innovator, or an innovator-to-be, no matter what your team or your role. So bring your passion, courage, and original thinking and get ready to share it, because every new product, service, or feature we invent is the result of people working together to make each others’ ideas stronger. Innovation at this level depends on people who represent the variety of the human experience and inspire us with their own fresh perspectives. Together, we’ll do amazing work that can make a difference in people’s lives. Including your own. Learn more about working at Apple.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Computer/IT Services
FOUNDED
1976
WEBSITE
https://www.apple.com/jobs