On-Device ML Infrastructure Engineer (Core AI Runtime), Graphics, Games and Machine Learning

Apple, Inc.; Cupertino (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple, Inc. seeks an ML Infrastructure Engineer focused on graph compilers and runtimes for on-device execution. You will help build the world’s advanced ML graph compilation and runtime system, optimizing models to run efficiently on Apple devices while preserving privacy.

You will collaborate across research, software/hardware engineering, and product teams to enable scalable ML workflows on Camera, Siri, Health, Vision, and core experiences.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent in CS, Engineering, or related field.
• Strong proficiency in C++ or Swift; Python experience is a plus.
• Familiarity with compiler stacks (MLIR/LLVM/TVM).

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain on-device graph compiler, runtime, and kernels.
• Develop production-grade system software for ML models on Apple Silicon.
• Identify and resolve functionality gaps and optimize execution for performance and energy efficiency.

Skills

C++

Swift

Python

Parallel programming

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

Tools

MLIR/LLVM/TVM

Operating Systems

Embedded systems

Job description

Summary

Imagine being at the forefront of an evolution where powerful AI meets the elegance of Apple silicon. The On-Device Machine Learning team transforms groundbreaking research into practical applications, enabling billions of Apple devices to run powerful AI models locally, privately, and efficiently. We stand at the unique intersection of research, software engineering, hardware engineering, and product development, making Apple a top destination for on-device machine learning innovation. Our team builds the essential infrastructure that enables machine learning at scale on Apple devices. This involves onboarding innovative architectures to embedded systems, developing optimization toolkits for model compression and acceleration, building ML compilers and runtimes for efficient execution, and creating comprehensive benchmarking and debugging toolchains. This infrastructure forms the backbone of Apple’s machine learning workflows across Camera, Siri, Health, Vision, and other core experiences, contributing to the overall Apple Intelligence ecosystem. If you are passionate about the technical challenges of running sophisticated ML models on resource‑constrained devices and eager to directly impact how machine learning operates across the Apple ecosystem, this role presents an incredible opportunity to work on the next generation of intelligent experiences on Apple platforms. We are seeking an ML Infrastructure Engineer with a specific focus on graph compilers and runtimes. If you are a highly motivated software engineer who is creative, versatile, and passionate about machine learning operator primitives, common compiler optimizations, runtimes, and system software engineering in the fast‑paced and dynamic field of machine learning, this could be a fantastic role for you.

Description

We’re building an end-to-end developer experience for machine learning development that employs Apple’s vertical integration. This allows developers to iterate on model authoring, optimization, transformation, execution, debugging, profiling, and analysis. This role focuses on the Core AI Runtime for execution on-device. In this role, you will build the world’s most advanced ML graph compilation and runtime system, capable of optimizing and delivering ML models efficiently on Apple products and services.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain the on-device graph compiler, runtime, and kernels for delivering ML operators.
• Develop production-critical system software for implementing ML models on Apple Silicon
• Proactively identify and resolve functionality gaps.
• Optimize model execution for various system objectives like performance, energy efficiency, and thermal management.

Minimum Qualifications

• Masters or equivalent experience in Computer Sciences, Engineering, or related subject area.
• Highly proficient in C++ or Swift. Familiarity with Python.
• Experience with any compiler stack (MLIR/LLVM/TVM/...).
• Familiarity with Operating Systems, embedding programming, parallel programming.
• Sound understanding of ML fundamentals, including common architectures such as Transformers.
• Good communication skills, including ability to communicate with multi-functional audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with any on-device ML stack, such as TFLite, ONNX, ExecuTorch, etc.
• Experience with any ML authoring framework (PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, etc.) is a strong plus.
• Experience with accelerators, GPU programming is a strong plus.