Apple
Sr ML Researcher Multi-Modal Reasoning
$205K–$325K
Cupertino, California +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 15, 2026
- Location
- Cupertino, California
Seattle, Washington - Experience
- PhD with 5+ years experience, or MS with equivalent experience; comparable professional experience is also stated.
- Education
- PhD or MS in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering or a related field (mathematics, physics or computer engineering), focused on machine learning, or comparable professional experience.
About the job
Leads research and production deployment of multimodal machine learning for Apple Intelligence and emerging agentic experiences.
What you'll do
- Lead cross-functional efforts spanning ML modeling, prototyping, validation, and private learning.
- Architect and deploy production-scale multimodal ML, including training and adapting language models.
- Partner with engineering, design, and product teams to prototype and integrate algorithmic innovations.
What they ask for
- Hands-on experience training LLMs or adapting pretrained LLMs for downstream tasks and alignment.
- Modeling experience at the intersection of NLP and Vision.
- Proficiency in an ML toolkit such as PyTorch and strong programming skills in Python.
- Research contributions shown through top-tier conference publications or open-source algorithm contributions.
Nice to have
- Experience building and deploying Multimodal-LLMs.
- Familiarity with distributed training and large-scale data infrastructure.
Pay
$216,200 and $324,800 (base salary); $205,400 and $308,500 (base salary)
Tools
PyTorch, Python
AI focus
Research, train, adapt, and deploy multimodal ML and LLMs for Apple Intelligence, including agentic experiences.
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