ML Engineer, Special Projects – AI Agents & Simulation

Apple Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,400 - 277,600; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking research engineers in Santa Clara, California, to build infrastructure for AI agents, reinforcement learning, and simulation environments.

You will design data pipelines, simulation systems, and tooling enabling cutting-edge agent research within a world-class ML team. Responsibilities emphasize a mission-driven mindset, collaboration, and lean execution to ship ML systems end-to-end, from data curation to deployment and monitoring, in production.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of ML engineering for data-intensive systems.
• Fluency in Python; deliver clean, tested code.
• Experience with distributed ML systems and CI/CD at scale.
• Strong SQL, statistical reasoning, and data interpretation.
• Proven track record shipping ML systems end-to-end in production.

Responsibilities

• Drive mission-driven research and deliver high-impact results.
• Collaborate with team to find clear, data-backed solutions.
• Maintain lean habits to deliver scalable ML infrastructure.

Skills

ML engineering

SQL

Data analysis

End-to-end ML lifecycle

Problem framing

Education

Bachelor's or Masters in CS/Engineering/Math/Physics

Tools

Python

Airflow

Ray

Prefect

Job description

Apple Inc. is seeking research engineers in Santa Clara, California, to build infrastructure for AI agents, reinforcement learning, and simulation environments.

You will design data pipelines, simulation systems, and tooling enabling cutting-edge agent research within a world-class ML team. Responsibilities emphasize a mission-driven mindset, collaboration, and lean execution to ship ML systems end-to-end, from data curation to deployment and monitoring, in production.