On-Device ML Engineer — System Experience & APIs

Apple Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Employee stock programs

Tuition reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer for the System Experience team in Cupertino to integrate on-device personal search technologies across Apple platforms. You will design durable architectures and public interfaces for developers, balancing advanced intelligence with stringent on-device privacy.

You will partner with OS framework, ML, and services teams to tailor features for iOS, macOS, and upcoming devices, ensuring scalable, efficient, and privacy-preserving search capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ years of application development experience with Swift, Objective-C, or an equivalent high-level programming language on iOS or macOS.
• Experience developing search systems, including indexing and retrieval technologies.
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally and communicating technical concepts to diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Integrate on-device personal search technologies with system applications across iOS, macOS, and other Apple platforms.
• Design and build reusable software architectures, frameworks, and developer-facing APIs built for long-term scalability.
• Partner with cross-functional machine learning, OS framework, and services teams to adapt and optimize technologies for mobile constraints.
• Incorporate multi-system data streams into unified search experiences while safeguarding user privacy on-device.
• Balance system trade-offs, profiling, and runtime performance to deliver responsive user experiences.

Skills

Swift

Objective-C

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Job description

Apple Inc. is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer for the System Experience team in Cupertino to integrate on-device personal search technologies across Apple platforms. You will design durable architectures and public interfaces for developers, balancing advanced intelligence with stringent on-device privacy.

You will partner with OS framework, ML, and services teams to tailor features for iOS, macOS, and upcoming devices, ensuring scalable, efficient, and privacy-preserving search capabilities.