AI/ML Software Engineer - SES Gen AI Solutions, IS&T

Apple Inc.; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Hyderabad, India is seeking an AI/ML Software Engineer to design, develop, and deploy scalable AI systems for Gen AI solutions in Apple’s contact center. You will work on chat, voice, and automation pipelines powering AI-assisted customer experiences.

The role requires deep expertise in LLMs, conversational AI, and real-time inference, with responsibilities spanning model development, deployment, and optimization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years applying AI/ML and Gen AI to real business problems.
• Strong Python programming with ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn).
• Hands‑on with Generative AI and LLMs, incl. GPT, Llama, Mistral or similar.
• Experience building LLM‑powered apps including RAG pipelines and tool‑using models.
• NLP tech: transformers, embeddings, semantic search, intent/entity detection.
• Knowledge of embeddings, vector search, hybrid retrieval, semantic ranking.
• Experience deploying LLM models into production and enterprise apps.
• Experience implementing RAG with Milvus or similar vector DBs; chunking strategies.
• Text prep, chunking, embedding optimization for LLM pipelines.
• Experience with traditional ML (classification/regression/clustering) in industry solutions.
• API development and microservices (FastAPI/Flask/Node.js).
• MLOps: monitoring, CI/CD, experiment tracking, versioning; SDLC/Agile.

Responsibilities

• Conceive end‑to‑end customer experiences in chat and voice for Apple’s platforms.
• Map business requirements to technical solutions with stakeholders.
• Develop and implement solutions; architect or customize for efficiency.
• Drive end‑to‑end solution delivery from ideation to production.
• Collaborate with solution architects and developers for robust architectures.
• Coordinate with project managers for release management and communication.
• Emphasize operational efficiency and engineering excellence.

Skills

Python

ML frameworks

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Scikit-learn

LLMs

Generative AI

NLP

RAG pipelines

Vector search

MLOps

APIs

Microservices

Education

BTech/BE in Computer Science

Tools

FastAPI

Flask

Node.js

Job description

AI/ML Software Engineer - SES Gen AI Solutions, IS&T

Hyderabad, Telangana, India Machine Learning and AI

Would you like to be part of a team that impacts millions of users every single day? Does building highly scalable data-driven systems to tackle real-world problems with a customer-experience centric focus excite you? Do you lose sleep pondering about the algorithm that accurately predicted your recommendation? If so, we'd love to hear from you.We are looking for a highly skilled AI/ML Engineer with strong hands-on experience in Machine Learning and Generative AI to design, develop, and deploy intelligent solutions for modern contact center platforms that have direct and measurable Product Quality impact to Apple. You will work on building scalable AI systems that power chatbots, voice assistants, speech analytics, and automated customer support workflows. You will collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and platform engineers to implement end-to-end AI pipelines, including model development, deployment, and optimization. The role requires deep expertise in LLMs, conversational AI, and real-time inference systems used in enterprise customer service environments.

Description

Apple has a strong customer first approach and believes in quality delivery for every product. We explore new technology trends and find exciting opportunities to generate innovative solutions. In this role, you will work on the Gen AI Solutions team in Apple’s contact center to enable customers to reach Apple seamlessly through chat and voice channels with Apple advisors. The focus will be to enhance and enrich the messaging ecosystem for the best contact center experience. The role involves working with leaders, business partners and multiple engineering teams on the defined roadmap and delivering on the broken down goals, building and driving innovative solutions to challenging problems end to end and working on exciting new technologies. We support a collaborative work environment, while allowing solution autonomy on projects.

Responsibilities

• Conceive and design end to end customer experience solutions in chat and voice landscape to support Apple's business units
• Work with business owners to map business requirements into technical solutions
• Develop and implement solutions to fit business problems, which may include architecting from a standard approach or customizing for efficiency
• Drive and deliver the end to end solution from ideation to requirements to production
• Work closely with solution architects and software developers to generate flawless architectures and innovative solutions for end users
• Work with project managers for smooth communication and release management
• Focus on Operational Efficiency and Engineering Excellence

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience applying AI/ML and Gen AI techniques to real business problems
• Strong programming experience in Python and proficiency with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, and Scikit-learn
• Hands‑on experience with Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) including GPT models, Llama, Mistral, or similar architectures
• Experience building LLM‑powered applications including RAG pipelines, agentic workflows, and tool‑using models
• Knowledge of NLP techniques including transformers, embeddings, semantic search, intent detection, entity recognition, text summarization
• Strong understanding of embeddings, vector search, hybrid retrieval, and semantic ranking
• Experience integrating LLM models into production systems and enterprise applications
• Experience implementing Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines using vector databases such as Milvus or similar, building RAG architectures, hybrid search (vector + keyword), and document chunking strategies
• Understanding of text preprocessing, chunking strategies, and embedding optimization for LLM pipelines
• Prior experience in implementation of industry solution with traditional ML - classification, regression or clustering problem
• Knowledge of API development and microservices using FastAPI, Flask, or Node.js
• Strong understanding of MLOps practices, including model monitoring, CI/CD pipelines, experiment tracking, and versioning
• Working experience in Software Development Lifecycles, agile methodologies, and continuous integration

Preferred Qualifications

• BTech/BE in Computer Science
• Experience building real‑time inference pipelines using technologies like Kafka, REST APIs, stream processing frameworks
• Experience with LLM fine‑tuning, prompt engineering, RLHF
• Experience building AI‑powered agent assist tools, auto‑call summaries, and knowledge‑grounded responses
• Understanding of observability and evaluation frameworks for LLM applications, including prompt evaluation, hallucination detection, and guardrails
• Ability to translate ambiguous business problems into scalable AI solutions

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