Apple
Machine Learning Engineer, System Experience - Proactive
$142K–$278K
Cupertino, California +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Location
- Cupertino, California
Seattle, Washington - Experience
- 4+ years of application development experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Build and integrate privacy-preserving, on-device personal search features and reusable developer interfaces across Apple platforms.
What you'll do
- Integrate personal search technologies into system applications across Apple platforms.
- Design reusable architectures, frameworks, and developer-facing APIs for scalable use.
- Collaborate across teams to optimize search, privacy, and runtime performance for mobile devices.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 4+ years of application development with Swift, Objective-C, or an equivalent high-level programming language on iOS or macOS.
- Experience developing search systems, including indexing and retrieval technologies.
- Experience collaborating cross-functionally and communicating technical concepts to diverse teams.
Nice to have
- Experience designing public or system-level APIs and developer frameworks.
- Experience profiling and optimizing system-level mobile software performance; familiarity with machine learning principles or large language model fundamentals.
Pay
$150,400 and $277,600 USD (base salary); $142,300 and $263,300 USD (base salary)
Tools
Swift, Objective-C, iOS, macOS
AI focus
Develop on-device personal search and agentic capabilities; preferred familiarity with machine learning principles or large language model fundamentals.
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