Job Description
Summary
The Special Projects team at Apple is developing novel user-facing conversational features that leverage the multimodal capabilities of state-of-the-art foundation models. We are looking for a highly skilled Machine Learning Engineer to lead the development and evaluation of such features in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders.
Description
- Design and implement machine learning algorithms to aid in building user-facing interactive conversational features
- Leverage multi-modal foundation models for rapid prototyping and iteration
- Develop evaluation strategies to translate product requirements to objective metrics
- Shepherd data collection and evaluation efforts to ensure rapid and measurable progress
- Collaborate with key stakeholders in hardware engineering, software engineering and design to develop prototypes and evolve them into production systems (for example, Siri and Apple Intelligence features in Apple’s operating systems).
Minimum Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Computer Science or other STEM majors
- Experience with the use and evaluation of foundation models
- Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks (Pytorch or Tensorflow)
- 2+ year of Hands-on industry experience building and evaluating Machine Learning or Natural Language Processing systems
Preferred Qualifications
- PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning or a related technical field
- 4+ years of hands-on industry experience with Machine Learning systems
- Proficiency in training and evaluation of foundation models and frameworks
- A track record of publications or technical presentations in Machine Learning journals or conferences
- Excellent at communication and cross functional collaboration