Apple

Staff/Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Foundation Models - AI, Search & Knowledge Platforms

Apple$160K — $190K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience managing complex projects.
  • Experience with large language model (LLM) inference stack.
  • Knowledge of GPU programming using CUDA.
  • Familiarity with machine learning frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow.
  • Experience with high-throughput services at supercomputing scale.
  • Proficient in cloud application deployment using Kubernetes and Docker.
  • BS in a relevant technical field such as Computer Science or AI.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with the Foundation Model Research team to optimize cutting-edge model architectures.
  • Develop production-grade solutions in partnership with product teams for real-time model deployment.
  • Create tools to identify performance bottlenecks in inference across various hardware.
  • Provide mentorship and guidance to engineering peers within the organization.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on innovative AI solutions impacting billions of users.
  • Drive advancements in AI across multiple high-traffic Apple services.
  • Collaborate with top-tier talent in the industry.
  • Access to cutting-edge technology and resources at scale.
  • Potential for significant contributions to the future of Apple products.
Full Job Description
We are Foundation Model Inference Team, within AI, Search & Knowledge Platform Technologies organization. Our team is responsible to build Inference stack to power Apple Intelligence. It builds frameworks, services and tools that power the largest Apple foundation models on servers. Our Infrastructure powers a wide gamut of services at Apple including Apple Search, Apple Music, AppleTV, AppStore, iMessages, Photos & Camera, Spotlight, Safari, Siri and upcoming ever exciting Apple products serving millions of queries every day with incredible low latencies, drawing every ounce of compute from our hardware. As part of this group, you will get a chance to bring Intelligence to billions of users across the world. You will have an opportunity to make difference in life of people by empowering them with AI. You will have a chance to work on optimizing billions of parameter langauge and vision and speech models using state of the art technologies and make it run at scale of Apple.

Description

Work along side Foundation Model Research team to optimize inference for cutting edge model architectures.

Work closely with product teams to build Production grade solutions to launch models serving millions of customers in real time.

Build tools to understand bottlenecks in Inference for different hardwares and use cases.

Mentor and guide engineers in the organization.

Minimum Qualifications

5+ years of experience leading and driving complex, ambiguous projects.

Experience with LLM inference stack

Familiarity with GPU programming concepts using CUDA.

Familiarity with one of the popular ML Frameworks like Pytorch, Tensorflow.

Have experience with high throughput services particularly at supercomputing scale.

Proficient with running applications on Cloud (AWS / Azure or equivalent) using Kubernetes, Docker etc.

Familiar with one of the popular ML Frameworks like Pytorch, Tensorflow.

BS in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Information Retrieval, Data Science or related field

Preferred Qualifications

Proficient in building and maintaining systems written in modern languages (eg: Golang, Python)

Familiar with fundamental Deep Learning architectures such as Transformers, Encoder/Decoder models.

Familiarity with Nvidia TensorRT-LLM, vLLM, DeepSpeed, Nvidia Triton Server etc.

Experience writing custom CUDA kernels using CUDA or OpenAI Triton.

MS in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Information Retrieval, Data Science or related field.

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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$63.9 billion
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1976
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