Apple · Seattle

Machine Learning Research Engineer, Text Generation

(f/m/d) · 3/7/2025

Description

As a key pillar of Apple Intelligence, input experience will be the main area where you bring impact to billions of users with your ML expertise, engineering passion, and programming skills. You will work with a hard-working and dedicated set of outstanding ML and software engineers on a wide range of most advanced text generation technologies such as context-augmented text rewriting, safety-controlled text composition, free-form text transformation, personalized smart interactions, etc. Our team has been working in this area for years and own the NLP and ML text input stack for the keyboard input that includes auto correction, predictive typing on all Apple platforms. We also work on full stack ML applied to NLP and expose these key technologies across Apple on device and also to third party applications through the Natural-Language framework. If you want to amplify your strong ML and NLP skills into user experiences that will reach every person around you, this is the perfect opportunity!

Qualifications

  • Strong machine learning fundamentals
  • Strong programming and communication skills
  • Ph. D. in CS/EE/Physics/Statistics/etc. (or Bachelor/Master with 2 years of proven experience)

Preferred Qualifications

  • Familiar with model compression algorithms including quantization, pruning, distillations, and experience on optimizing large diffusion models or language models
  • Experience with hardware architecture, software & hardware co-design
  • Knowledge of ML techniques such as implementing basic optimizers, applying parameter tuning in model training and evaluation, and reproducing research experiments
  • Experience with deploying large ML models in real world products
  • Actively programming with high-quality codes across complex and large repositories
  • Familiar with common NLP algorithms and applications, including tokenization, language modeling, text decoding, text classifier etc
  • Experience of multi-modal modeling, presenting plans, progress, and results or demos regularly and concisely

Benefits

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $135,400 and $250,600, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Application

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