Senior ML Engineer — On-Device WatchOS Features

Apple, Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Apple stock programs

Discounted products and services

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Applied ML on Apple Watch.

You will design and ship ML-powered features that run on-device, interfacing with sensors and UX layers to deliver responsive, power-conscious experiences. In this role you will build scalable modeling pipelines, optimize performance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams across Apple to push the boundaries of sensing and human-computer interaction on watchOS.

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) for time series analysis.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work independently or in small teams.
• MS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field.
• Knowledge of machine learning methods and statistical analysis.
• Experience building scalable modeling pipelines for data processing, training, and evaluation.

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, hands-on analysis for validating and quantifying algorithm performance both offline and on-device.
• Drive innovation from concept to deployment, ensuring promising research ideas evolve into high-impact, user-facing features.

Skills

Swift

Python

NumPy

Matplotlib

pandas

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field

Job description

Apple Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Applied ML on Apple Watch.

You will design and ship ML-powered features that run on-device, interfacing with sensors and UX layers to deliver responsive, power-conscious experiences. In this role you will build scalable modeling pipelines, optimize performance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams across Apple to push the boundaries of sensing and human-computer interaction on watchOS.