Apple
Applied Machine Learning Engineer - Localization
$150K–$278K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Sep 3, 2026
- Education
- MS in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or Machine Learning (or equivalent experience)
About the job
Develop machine-learning models, tools, and features that improve software localization and machine translation across Apple products.
What you'll do
- Lead exploration and application of LLMs for translation, translating research into practical machine-translation systems.
- Participate in model development from ideation and training through experimentation and deployment.
- Collaborate across localization and engineering teams to build and maintain localization features, frameworks, and tools.
What they ask for
- Experience with machine learning, particularly LLMs and NLP.
- Ability to interpret and apply research to consumer products.
- Hands-on experience with model fine-tuning and training.
- Experience adapting pretrained LLMs for downstream tasks.
Nice to have
- Experience in software localization or internationalization; familiarity with localization standards and technologies.
- Python, C, or C++ programming; proficiency with Objective-C and Swift, Apple development APIs, or open-source ML frameworks.
Pay
$150,400 and $277,600 (base salary)
Tools
LLMs, NLP, Unicode, XLIFF, ICU, bash, Ruby, Perl
AI focus
Apply LLMs, generative AI, NLP, and machine translation to localization; develop, fine-tune, train, and deploy models for translation tasks.
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