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Apple

AIML - Machine Learning Engineer, Foundation Models

$185K–$325K

Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Sep 3, 2025

Experience
Experience with large-scale model training and deployment; no years specified.
Education
MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related technical field.

About the job

Build and optimize scalable foundation-model training and production systems for private, on-device AI experiences across Apple products.

What you'll do

  • Design and implement high-performance machine-learning infrastructure for foundation models across text, image, speech, and multimodal domains.
  • Collaborate to productionize state-of-the-art AI algorithms and optimize models for performance, efficiency, and on-device intelligence.
  • Implement systems with stringent privacy and security requirements; may manage a small team of engineers.

What they ask for

  • MS or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related technical field.
  • Expert-level programming skills in Python; proficiency in Jax, PyTorch, or TensorFlow.
  • Strong background in distributed training, model optimization, and machine-learning infrastructure.
  • Experience with large-scale model training and deployment; familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), and distributed computing frameworks.

Nice to have

  • Experience with foundation models or large language models, or a background in multimodal AI systems.
  • Experience productionizing research prototypes, ML research or open-source contributions, or understanding of on-device machine-learning techniques.

Pay

$184,700 and $324,800 USD base salary

Tools

Python, Jax, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GCP

AI focus

Develop and train foundation models, including pre-training and mid-training; tackle reward modeling and alignment for agentic workflows; optimize models for Apple silicon, on-device intelligence, and private experiences.

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