Apple

ML Software Research Engineer

Apple$130K — $155K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or relevant fields with 3-5 years of ML SW Engineering experience, or a PhD in a relevant field.
  • Strong foundation in classical ML models, DNN, and multimodal Foundation Models.
  • Experience in building model training and evaluation pipelines using Python and Pytorch.
  • Prototyping and developing software applications, preferably in Swift.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills.
  • Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional environment.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with ML researchers, SW/FW engineers, and Operation/Data engineers on research and production efforts.
  • Deliver pipelines necessary for model development and evaluation.
  • Build production software to integrate machine learning models into Apple's infrastructure.
  • Develop real-time sensing visualizations and model predictions where applicable.
  • Ensure high-quality runtime inference infrastructure for machine learning applications.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment fostering innovation and learning.
  • Exposure to cutting-edge machine learning technologies and methodologies.
  • Opportunity to work closely with leading experts in the field.
  • Professional development opportunities through collaboration across different teams.
Full Job Description
Our team seeks self-driven machine learning software engineer with strong experience in building ML training pipeline and developing production quality run-time inference infrastructure. In this role you are expected to collaborate closely with ML researchers, SW/FW engineers, and Operation/Data engineers to advance different research and production efforts. Your role is to help deliver the needed pipeline for model development and evaluation, as well as, build the production software to integrated these models and related functionality within Apple's software infrastructure.

Having experience with Sensing Modality and building realtime sensing visualizations and model prediction.

Minimum Qualifications

BS or MS + 3-5 years of ML SW Engineering or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Relevant Fields

Strong foundation in Machine Learning (classical ML models, DNN, and multimodal Foundation Models)

Experience in building model training/eval pipelines in Python/Pytorch.

Experience in prototyping and developing software applications (Preferably in Swift).

Strong communication and presentation Skills

Ability to work in a collaborative environment

Preferred Qualifications

Proficient programming skills in Python and one of the deep learning toolkits such as JAX, PyTorch, or Tensorflow

Experience in On-Device ML model deployment and on-device optimization

Experience handling multimodal data including text, images, audio, and other sensors

Experience in developing production software

Proficient in Swift, Objective C, C++, or Go

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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Size
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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