Natural Language Modeling Research Scientist, Siri

Apple; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a senior research scientist to innovate in the field of Generative AI and Large Language Models. This role involves designing and deploying large-scale machine learning models to enhance virtual assistant capabilities, impacting millions globally. You will collaborate with diverse teams to enrich conversation understanding and ensure user experience safety. Join this forward-thinking company to contribute to groundbreaking technologies that redefine how users interact with intelligent systems. If you are passionate about machine learning and eager to make a difference, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Discounted products and free services

Educational reimbursement

Qualifications

• 5-7+ years experience in Machine Learning, NLP, NLG or Speech.
• Hands-on experience training and adapting large language models.

Responsibilities

• Train large scale language and multimodal models on distributed backends.
• Ensure quality with an emphasis on fairness and model robustness.

Skills

Machine Learning

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Natural Language Generation (NLG)

Speech Recognition

Python

C

C++

Training Large Language Models

Model Robustness

Tools

PyTorch

JAX

Job description

AIML - Natural Language Modeling Research Scientist, Siri and Information Intelligence

Cupertino, California, United States Machine Learning and AI

Summary

Posted: Feb 26, 2025

Role Number: 200592704

Are you excited about Generative AI and Large Language Models? Are you interested in working on cutting edge generative modeling technologies and its application to virtual assistants to enrich billions of people!? Join the AI/ML Response team at Apple. We are looking for exceptional senior research scientist/engineer experienced in design and development of training, adapting and deploying large scale ML models with a focus on natural language understanding, generation, speech and/or multimodal generation. Additionally, you’ll advance and apply the latest ML techniques to Apple’s virtual assistant and dive into the details to craft the Siri experience for millions of users worldwide.

Description

We are seeking a candidate with a proven track record in applied ML research. Responsibilities in the role will include training large scale language and multimodal models on distributed backends, deployment of compact neural architectures such as transformers efficiently on device, and learning policies that can be personalized to the user in a privacy preserving manner. Ensuring quality with an emphasis on fairness and model robustness would constitute an important part of the role. You will be interacting very closely with a variety of ML researchers, software engineers, hardware & design teams cross functionally. Your primary responsibilities will center on enriching conversation understanding capabilities through LLM and multimodal models. The user experience initiative would focus on enriching system safety experience.

Minimum Qualifications

1. 5 - 7+ years experience in Machine Learning and its application to NLP, NLG or Speech
2. Hands on experience training LLMs, adapting pre-trained LLMs for downstream tasks & human alignment
3. Experience delivering ML capabilities into great products
4. Proficiency in using ML toolkits, e.g., PyTorch
5. Strong programming skills in Python, C and C+

Preferred Qualifications

1. JAX (nice to have)

Pay & Benefits

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 $143,100 and $264,200, 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. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition.

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.