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Apple

Sr. Machine Learning Engineer - Answers, Knowledge & Information (AKI)

$185K–$325K

Santa Clara, California · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026

Experience
5+ years in information retrieval, natural language processing, machine learning, or deep learning.
Education
Master’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience in machine learning or a related field.

About the job

Develop and deploy machine learning systems that improve local search relevance and answer quality across Apple products including Siri and Spotlight.

What you'll do

  • Own the ML development cycle, from exploration and prototyping through training, evaluation, and production deployment.
  • Lead model development for retrieval, ranking, reranking, and query understanding; improve search quality using advanced ML techniques.
  • Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership in ML system architecture and model design.

What they ask for

  • 5+ years of experience in information retrieval, natural language processing, machine learning, or deep learning.
  • Deep understanding of machine learning theory, including supervised learning, ranking models, embeddings, representation learning, and evaluation metrics.
  • Proven ability to apply advanced ML techniques to improve search relevance and retrieval quality at scale.
  • Experience leading experimentation, offline evaluation, and online A/B testing; Master’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience in machine learning or a related field.

Nice to have

  • Advanced diploma in AI, Machine Learning, Computer Science, or Mathematics

Pay

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

Tools

LLMs, learning-to-rank, embedding models, contrastive learning, multi-task learning, reinforcement learning

AI focus

Use machine learning and LLMs to understand queries, rank documents, and find useful answers; develop models for search retrieval, ranking, reranking, and query understanding.

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First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)