Apple · 1 month ago
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Privacy-Preserving Personalization
Seattle, Washington, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$172K/yr - $302K/yrApple is a leading technology company known for its innovative products and services. The role involves shaping personalization experiences for users while ensuring privacy and compliance in the era of Generative AI.
AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)BroadcastingDigital EntertainmentFoundational AIMedia and EntertainmentMobile DevicesOperating SystemsTVWearables
Responsibilities
Architect Petabyte-Scale Systems: Design, build, and optimize robust data processing pipelines that handle petabytes of data efficiently, reliably, and with privacy at their core
Pioneer Privacy-Preserving AI: Research, prototype, and deploy innovative solutions for privacy in a Gen-AI world. This includes thinking through everything from on-device intelligence to novel data anonymization and compliance verification techniques
Build Intelligent Agents: Design and develop frameworks for agentic AI systems, ensuring they can operate effectively and autonomously within strict privacy and compliance boundaries
Define Data Strategy: Go beyond implementation to think strategically about our data ecosystem. You will lead efforts in defining data ontology, ensuring data portability, and embedding world-class data security principles into every system we build
Navigate Global Compliance: Collaborate closely with legal, policy, and product teams to translate complex global regulations (like GDPR, CCPA, and others) into concrete engineering solutions, ensuring our systems are compliant by design
Innovate and Influence: Act as a thought leader within the organization, driving the technical vision for how we balance personalization and privacy in our most important products
Qualification
Required
BS or MS in Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field, preferably with a focus on machine learning or data privacy
Senior-Level Experience: A proven track record of shipping complex, large-scale machine learning systems to production
Privacy & Compliance Expertise: Deep experience and passion for privacy-preserving techniques (e.g., Differential Privacy, Federated Learning, k-Anonymity) and their practical application
Mastery of Big Data: Expertise in designing and building distributed data processing systems at petabyte scale using technologies like Spark, Flink, Beam, or similar frameworks
Strategic Data Mindset: Demonstrated experience thinking critically about data architecture, including data ontology, data security models, and data portability challenges
Preferred
Familiarity with building or integrating agentic systems and Large Language Models (LLMs)
Experience with MLOps best practices for model deployment, monitoring, and governance in a regulated environment
A strong background in software engineering, with proficiency in languages like Python, Scala, or Java
Benefits
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
Retirement benefits
A range of discounted products and free services
Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
Relocation
Company
Apple
Apple is a technology company that designs, manufactures, and markets consumer electronics, personal computers, and software.
Founded in 1976
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.67BKey Investors
Berkshire HathawayMicrosoftSequoia Capital
2025-05-05Post Ipo Debt· $4.5B
2025-01-16Post Ipo Debt· $0.31M
2021-04-30Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
Tim Cook
CEO
Craig Federighi
SVP, Software Engineering
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