Apple · 15 hours ago
AIML - Sr Machine Learning Engineer
Cupertino, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$181K/yr - $318K/yr
5+ years expApple is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to contribute to the next revolution in Foundation Models. The role involves driving ML innovations, identifying key opportunity areas for data utilization, and experimenting with data augmentation strategies to enhance model training efficiency and performance.
AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)BroadcastingDigital EntertainmentFoundational AIMedia and EntertainmentMobile DevicesOperating SystemsTVWearables
Responsibilities
Algorithm development: Define signals that are important in prompts, responses and CoT reasoning steps. These usually require a fine-tuned model for specific use cases
Model evaluation: Understand the importance of a balanced eval-set. Ability to perform error analysis to figure out how to improve model capabilities
Ablation experiments: Test your data augmentation strategies via ablation experiments. Comfortable debugging training errors, and tune hyper-parameters and data mixture to achieve desired outcome
Data processing and data filtering: Ability to efficiently process and filter very large amounts of data, often times messy
Qualification
Required
5+ years of hands on ML engineering experiences
Master or PhDs in Computer Science, Electric Engineering or Mathematics
Have prior experience as an ML modeler/scientist/researcher
Knowledgeable in classic machine learning algorithms (SVM, Random Forest, Naive Bayes, KNN etc), as well as comfortable with more modern deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, Tensorflow, Jax)
Familiarity with multi-modal data and large models including image and video
Possess strong software engineering skills and mindset
Have a high bar for engineering code quality and scalability
Preferred
Hands on experiences with different phases in LLM model training, including LoRA, SFT, RLHF, reward modeling
A good communicator with clear and concise, active listening and empathy skills
Are self-motivated and curious. Strive to continually learn on the job
Have demonstrated creative and critical thinking with an innate drive to improve how things work
Have a high tolerance for ambiguity
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
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10001+ employees
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Funding
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