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

Apple; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple in Hyderabad is seeking a skilled AI/ML specialist to join the Gen AI Solutions team. The role involves designing and implementing data-driven systems for enhancing customer experiences across chat and voice channels. Candidates should possess over 5 years of experience in AI/ML, strong programming skills in Python, and expertise in tools like PyTorch and TensorFlow. A BTech/BE degree in Computer Science is preferred. This position offers an innovative and collaborative environment to work on cutting-edge technologies.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience applying AI/ML and Gen AI techniques to real business problems.
• Strong programming experience in Python with ML frameworks.
• Hands‑on experience with Generative AI and Large Language Models.

Responsibilities

• Conceive and design end‑to‑end customer experience solutions.
• Develop and implement solutions to fit business problems.
• Drive and deliver the end‑to‑end solution from ideation to production.

Skills

AI/ML application experience

Python programming

Experience with ML frameworks

Generative AI expertise

NLP techniques knowledge

Education

BTech/BE in Computer Science

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Scikit-learn

FastAPI

Flask

Job description

Summary

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.

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
• General software development skills (source code management, debugging, testing, deployment etc.)
• 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
• Strong debugging and experimentation mindset
• 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