AI/ML Software Engineer

Apple Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical and dental cover

Retirement benefits

Discounted products and free services

Education expense reimbursement

Discretionary bonuses or commission

Relocation

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA seeks a senior ML/AI software engineer to advance on-device video and audio perception. You will collaborate with Multimodal GenAI researchers to build real-time systems within a production stack and optimize performance for mobile and embedded platforms.

The role requires 5+ years of software experience, strong C/C++ or Swift skills, and a solid math foundation. You will contribute to vision, language and AI features powering future Apple products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related fields.
• 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Strong proficiency in C/C++ or Swift, writing clean and well-structured code.
• Solid mathematical foundation in linear algebra and numerical analysis.
• Experience breaking down large problems and delivering robust solutions.
• Curiosity about new technologies and flexibility to work across different layers of the software stack.

Responsibilities

• Design and drive software architecture for both production systems and internal tools
• Implement and optimize performance-critical algorithms for mobile and embedded platforms
• Developing and integrating agentic workflow frameworks with tool calling components
• Integrate multimodal models with audio, image and video modalities for efficient on-device inference
• Build tooling for visualization, logging, debugging and evaluation
• Integrate real-time perception, 3D representation and animation systems into a broader end-to-end software stack

Skills

5+ years

C/C++/Swift

Math foundation

Problem solving

Curiosity

Education

B.S. in CS/CE/ML

Job description

Sunnyvale, California, United States Machine Learning and AI

The Video Computer Vision organization is working on exciting technologies for future Apple products. Our team delivers computer vision and machine learning algorithms that power many Apple technologies like human understanding and human intelligence algorithms with applications for digital humans, health and AI. In this role, you will work closely with our team of experts in computer graphics, computer vision and machine learning to design and build solutions to previously unsolved challenges for Apple products and bring high impact to millions of users.

Description

You will work closely with Multimodal GenAI researchers and engineers to develop world-class audio-video perception and representation algorithms. The role focuses on building, integrating and maintaining complex real-time systems within a large production software stack. Deep understanding of machine learning inference and performance oriented development is highly desirable. As a member of a fast-paced team, you have the unique and rewarding opportunity to shape upcoming products that will delight and inspire millions of people every day.

• Be highly-motivated and take initiative to achieve goals, while delivering on schedule.
• Has a sense of curiosity and willingness to learn new things in order to improve the quality of their solutions.
• Works well in a collaborative setting.

Responsibilities

• Design and drive software architecture for both production systems and internal tools
• Implement and optimize performance-critical algorithms for mobile and embedded platforms
• Developing and integrating agentic workflow frameworks with tool calling components
• Integrate multimodal models with audio, image and video modalities for efficient on-device inference
• Build tooling for visualization, logging, debugging and evaluation
• Integrate real-time perception, 3D representation and animation systems into a broader end-to-end software stack

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related fields.
• 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Strong proficiency in C/C++ or Swift, writing clean and well-structured code.
• Solid mathematical foundation in linear algebra and numerical analysis.
• Experience breaking down large problems and delivering robust solutions.
• Curiosity about new technologies and flexibility to work across different layers of the software stack.

Preferred Qualifications

• MS/PhD with relevant industry experience.
• Experience with audio, computer vision, 3D graphics and animation algorithms.
• Experience deploying algorithms to GPUs or other hardware accelerators.
• Understanding of SW/HW parallelism, threads, processes and asynchronous processing.
• iOS or macOS development experience using frameworks like Foundation Models, MLX, ARKit, REKit.
• Knowledge of diffusion transformer models especially in context of on-device inference.

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $150,400 and $277,600, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs.

Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

You'll also receive benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• retirement benefits
• a range of discounted products and free services
• reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition
• potential discretionary bonuses or commission payments
• relocation

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