Senior Applied ML Engineer - On-Device Watch OS Features

Apple, Inc.

San Diego (CA)

On-site

USD 175,000 - 309,000

Full time

12 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical and dental cover

Retirement benefits

Discounted products and free services

Tuition reimbursement

Discretionary bonuses or relocation

Job summary

Apple, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Applied ML for watch software in San Diego. You will build ML-powered features for watchOS, deploying models on-device and integrating with sensors and UX layers.

Join a collaborative team to optimize performance under power constraints, develop scalable modeling pipelines, and translate research ideas into user-facing features across Apple Watch and related devices.

Qualifications

5+ years of professional software development experience.
Expertise using Swift to develop on Apple platforms.
Familiarity with Python and numerical processing libraries (NumPy, Matplotlib, pandas).
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work independently or in small teams.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and ship new ML-powered features on watchOS.
Integrate and deploy ML models on-device, building Swift frameworks that encapsulate models, interface with sensors, and communicate with UX layers.
Profile and optimize code for the performance and power constraints unique to the Apple Watch.
Implement tools, analytics, and processes to perform in-depth analysis for validating algorithm performance both offline and on-device.
Drive innovation from concept to deployment, turning research ideas into high-impact, user-facing features.