Apple
Applied Research Engineer/Scientist
$185K–$325K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Education
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related technical field; or equivalent practical experience
About the job
Develop applied AI research and production-ready systems for Siri, including self-improving systems, persistent agentic memory, and personalized multi-agent experiences.
What you'll do
- Advance self-improving systems that adapt using deployment signals and optimize performance.
- Design agentic memory and personalized multi-agent systems for reasoning, coordination, and task execution.
- Prototype and translate research into product experiences and scalable ML architectures.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related technical field; or equivalent practical experience
- Hands-on machine learning experience in product development, prototyping, or research
- Strong programming skills and experience with machine learning development
- Understanding of transformer-based models and experience prototyping in ML/AI contexts
Nice to have
- Knowledge of large language models (LLMs) and multi-modal foundation models
- Experience with pre-training, fine-tuning, or performance optimization
Pay
$184,700 and $324,800 (base salary)
Tools
transformer-based models, large language models (LLMs), multi-modal foundation models
AI focus
Applied AI research for self-improving systems, persistent memory, personalized autonomous multi-agent systems, and translating research into Siri product experiences.
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