Senior ML Research Engineer — Machine Translation & LLMs

Apple Inc.; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company is seeking a Sr. Machine Learning Research Engineer for their AI/ML - Machine Translation team. The role involves developing advanced machine translation technology to enhance user communication across languages. Candidates should have a strong background in machine learning, natural language processing, and proficiency in programming languages such as C/C++/Java and Python. A Master's degree in a relevant field is required, with a Ph.D. preferred. This position offers the opportunity to engage in cutting-edge research and make impactful contributions.

Qualifications

• Expertise in machine translation and natural language processing is required.
• Experience with deep learning models and toolkits essential.
• Strong programming skills in languages such as C/C++/Java and Python needed.

Responsibilities

• Develop next-generation core MT technology for user communication.
• Conduct applied research in machine translation and related fields.
• Design experiments and implement solutions to real-world problems.

Skills

Machine translation

Natural language processing

Deep learning

C/C++/Java programming

Python

Bash scripting

JAX

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Education

Master's in Machine Learning

Ph.D. (preferred)

Tools

FairSeq

Marian

Sockeye

OpenNMT

Job description

A leading tech company is seeking a Sr. Machine Learning Research Engineer for their AI/ML - Machine Translation team. The role involves developing advanced machine translation technology to enhance user communication across languages. Candidates should have a strong background in machine learning, natural language processing, and proficiency in programming languages such as C/C++/Java and Python. A Master's degree in a relevant field is required, with a Ph.D. preferred. This position offers the opportunity to engage in cutting-edge research and make impactful contributions.