Senior ML Engineer: Open-Domain AI & LLMs for Q&A

Apple Inc.; Santa Clara, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & dental coverage

Employee stock programs

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to advance Open Domain Question Answering, summarization, and knowledge-driven AI across Apple’s platforms.

You will build and refine large language models, optimize retrieval and ranking, and push state-of-the-art research into scalable production. The role focuses on fine-tuning, evaluation, and integration of domain-specific models for NLP tasks, collaborating with researchers and engineers to deliver impactful AI

Qualifications

• 2+ years of deep learning or LLM development for NLP tasks and RAG apps.
• Experience with Python and at least one DL framework (TF, PyTorch, or JAX).
• Master’s in Computer Science, AI, ML, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Research and development on deep learning and LLMs for Apple products
• Develop, fine-tune, and evaluate domain-specific LLMs for NLP tasks
• Transfer generative AI research to production-ready tech
• Translate product requirements into modeling and engineering tasks
• Stay current with advances in DL and LLMs

Skills

Deep learning

LLM development

Python

Prompt engineering

Large-scale training

Education

Master's degree in CS/AI/ML

PhD in related field (preferred)

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

JAX

Job description

Apple Inc. in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to advance Open Domain Question Answering, summarization, and knowledge-driven AI across Apple’s platforms.

You will build and refine large language models, optimize retrieval and ranking, and push state-of-the-art research into scalable production. The role focuses on fine-tuning, evaluation, and integration of domain-specific models for NLP tasks, collaborating with researchers and engineers to deliver impactful AI