Apple

Machine Learning Manager, Search & Knowledge Platforms

Apple$150K — $200K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field
  • 8+ years experience in leading engineering or applied research in natural language processing
  • Proven track record of technology delivery throughout the Machine Learning lifecycle
  • Background in Machine Learning, NLP, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
  • Experience with advanced RL-based methods for LLM post-training and safety improvements
  • Exceptional communication skills for team leadership
  • Strong product vision with business insight.

Responsibilities

  • Lead R&D and engineering for high-quality content summarization
  • Develop on-device LLM models for personal content across apps
  • Enhance summarization models for knowledge-seeking queries
  • Implement LLM-based generative and safety models
  • Create sophisticated software frameworks for model inference
  • Integrate LLM infrastructure with Apple’s ecosystem for user experiences
  • Devise and execute product vision and strategy.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment at a leading tech company
  • Opportunity to impact billions of users globally
  • Cutting-edge technology and tools for innovation
  • Access to professional development and growth resources
  • Flexible work hours and potential for on-site or remote work.
Full Job Description
The AI, Search & Knowledge Platforms team builds amazing products and services for Apple's customers while serving as a foundational partner to teams across Apple. The team delivers world-class AI, search, and knowledge systems powering Siri, Apple Intelligence, Safari, and iMessage, and operates the foundational platforms and infrastructure that keep these intelligent experiences running at hyperscale. You will lead the strong team of MLE, SWE, and data engineers responsible for delivering efficient and effective Generative AI models to build and improve the summarization capabilities across different data types.

Description

In this role, you'll drive E2E R&D and engineering to generate high-quality summaries and experiences for Apple users. This includes on-device LLM models for personal content summarization across 1P and 3P apps, and powerful summarization models on Apple's Private Cloud Compute servers. In addition, improve the summarization models' quality for world knowledge-seeking questions and Safari pages to provide accurate answers and highlight web page gists in real-time. Lead the team to develop SOTA LLM-based generative models, groundedness models, and safety models for accurate, grounded, concise, and safe summaries. Develop sophisticated on-device and on-server software frameworks for context integration fast and cost-efficient LLM-based model inference. Integrate the Apple ecosystem with Apple's LLM infrastructure and generative models to deliver delightful user experiences. Devise the product vision and strategy and execute the plan to deliver the highest quality end-user experience. Collaborate with various organizational partners to profoundly impact billions of Apple users worldwide.

Minimum Qualifications

MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, information retrieval, data mining, or a related field

8+ years of experience in leading engineering/applied research/ML experiences in natural language processing, SOTA generative AI models

Proven record of consistent delivery of technology/products across the full Machine Learning life cycle

Preferred Qualifications

Strong background and experience in Machine Learning, NLP, and RAG.

Strong engineering and R&D experience in LLM post-training, advanced RL-based methods to improve LLM models' safety and quality using RLHF/RLAIF, reward model, advanced RL policy optimization algorithms, cutting-edge hallucination reduction methods, and their engineering implementation, hands-on experience to develop and ship RL based models with high availability, low latency, robustness, and stability.

Exceptional verbal and written communication skills to lead

Excellent product vision and sound business acumen. Ability to manage long-term strategy and short-term deliverables.

Strong engineering leadership and fundamentals.

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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154,000 employees
Market Cap
$2,074.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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