Sr. Applied ML Engineer, Apple Services Localization Platform
Core
Design, build, and ship machine translation and LLM-based systems powering localization across Apple Services (Apple Music, App Store, etc.) and production systems serving users at massive scale.
Role type
Senior Applied ML Engineer (Machine Translation & LLMs)
Builds
Production ML models, serving/inference pipelines, and APIs for localization across Apple Services
Domain
Consumer Services, Machine Translation, Large Language Models
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Deep Learning, Large Language Models (LLMs), Natural Language Processing (NLP), Python, Distributed Systems, Model Serving/Inference, MLOps
Preferred skills
Machine Translation, Translation Quality Evaluation, Model Optimization (Quantization/Distillation), Agentic Workflows, RAG
Technologies
JAX, TensorFlow, PyTorch
Responsibilities
Design and ship ML/LLM systems for localization; take models from prototype to production; integrate models into service APIs; drive applied research (fine-tuning, compression); build evaluation infrastructure; mentor engineers.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC