AIML - Sr. Machine Learning Research Engineer, Machine Translation

Apple Inc.; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company is seeking a Sr. Machine Learning Research Engineer for their AI/ML - Machine Translation team. The role involves developing advanced machine translation technology to enhance user communication across languages. Candidates should have a strong background in machine learning, natural language processing, and proficiency in programming languages such as C/C++/Java and Python. A Master's degree in a relevant field is required, with a Ph.D. preferred. This position offers the opportunity to engage in cutting-edge research and make impactful contributions.

Qualifications

• Expertise in machine translation and natural language processing is required.
• Experience with deep learning models and toolkits essential.
• Strong programming skills in languages such as C/C++/Java and Python needed.

Responsibilities

• Develop next-generation core MT technology for user communication.
• Conduct applied research in machine translation and related fields.
• Design experiments and implement solutions to real-world problems.

Skills

Machine translation

Natural language processing

Deep learning

C/C++/Java programming

Python

Bash scripting

JAX

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Education

Master's in Machine Learning

Ph.D. (preferred)

Tools

FairSeq

Marian

Sockeye

OpenNMT

Job description

AIML - Sr. Machine Learning Research Engineer, Machine Translation

Summary: The AI/ML - Machine Translation team is looking for exceptional researchers/scientists to develop the next generation of core MT technology to allow our users to communicate across language barriers.

Key Qualifications

• Expertise in key language technologies including machine translation, large language model, and natural language processing.
• Proven background in machine learning and deep learning including neural machine translation, language modeling, sequence-to-sequence models, etc.
• Hands-on experience with deep learning toolkits including JAX, PyTorch, Tensorflow, etc.
• Ability to formulate a research problem, design experiment, and implement solutions in C/C++/Java, Python, bash scripting, etc.
• Experience working with standard MT/NLP toolkits preferred, e.g., FairSeq, Marian, Sockeye, OpenNMT, etc.
• Design and deployment of real-world large-scale user-facing MT or LLM systems preferred.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills.

Description

Machine Translation is a critical technology that enables connecting people across language barriers. The Apple MT organization is responsible for the R&D of state-of-the-art approaches to MT as well as applications of this technology (e.g., Translate app, Safari web page translation, and System-wide translation).

We are looking for research scientists and engineers passionate about applied research in the space of MT, investigating novel modeling and learning approaches and evaluation methods. As a member of the core modeling team, you will have the opportunity to work with a wide variety of language technologies and advance the edge of the MT technology to tackle real-world problems.

Education & Experience

Master (Ph.D preferred) in Machine Learning, Computer Science, or related fields, preferably with a specialization in MT or Language Modeling.