Security ML Engineer: Proactive AI Defense Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Educational reimbursement

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA, seeks a Machine Learning Engineer to design, develop, and deploy ML models powering our information security products and services.

You will build autonomous security systems to detect and prevent threats, leveraging cutting-edge ML techniques and Apple internal platforms. You will translate research into production, collaborate with security researchers and software engineers, and own end-to-end ML workflows from data exploration to monitoring and evaluation.

Qualifications

• BSc or MSc degree in Machine Learning, Data Science, Computer Science, Information Security, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field.
• Strong programming skills in Python and Scala; experience with ML libraries such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, HuggingFace, and Scikit-learn.
• Hands-on experience with full ML model lifecycle from experimentation to deployment and monitoring.
• Solid grasp of security fundamentals including network security, incident response, threat modeling, and vulnerability management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present technical concepts clearly to varied audiences.
• Familiarity with CI/CD workflows and ML pipelines.
• Experience operating and scaling production services in cloud native environments.
• Experience deploying models on CUDA devices using tools like TensorFlow or Torch.
• Proven experience building generative AI applications for real-world use cases.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy ML models powering security products and services.
• Own end-to-end ML workflows from data exploration to monitoring.
• Collaborate with security teams, software engineers, and researchers to scale AI/ML driven security solutions.

Skills

Python

Scala

TensorFlow

PyTorch

HuggingFace

Scikit-learn

Education

BSc or MSc in Machine Learning / Data Science / CS / Information Security / Math / Statistics

Tools

CUDA

TensorFlow

Torch

Job description

Apple Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA, seeks a Machine Learning Engineer to design, develop, and deploy ML models powering our information security products and services.

You will build autonomous security systems to detect and prevent threats, leveraging cutting-edge ML techniques and Apple internal platforms. You will translate research into production, collaborate with security researchers and software engineers, and own end-to-end ML workflows from data exploration to monitoring and evaluation.