Applied Machine Learning Engineer, Developer Publications

Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build is the result of us making each other’s ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It’s the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, you’ll do more than join something — you will add something.

Our developer documentation department seeks a creative engineer who has a robust knowledge of large language models (LLMs), generative AI, and experience with code generation. Our ideal candidate has the ability to fine-tune pre-trained models, and work collaboratively in a multi-discipline team. Strong engineering fundamentals and a passion for code generation models are required.

As an Applied ML Engineer in the Developer Publications Intelligence team, you will join a multi-discipline team of passionate engineers to design, fine-tune, and produce models that will be used by existing and future tools produced by Apple for third-party developers. We are looking for exceptional candidates to help define the future of Swift code generation in our tools and beyond. Your role is to ensure Apple and our third-party developers using Xcode deliver extraordinary software products to millions of customers around the world!

Your duties will include:

• Fine-tuning models and making them available for engineers to evaluate and define further experiments
• Actively engaging in all aspects of model development, from ideation, training, experimentation to deployment
• Collaborating with data collection, model evaluation, and tool integration teams to develop and implement model solutions
• Developing and maintaining frameworks and tools to help facilitate the model fine-tuning process

Minimum Qualifications

• Proficiency using open-source ML toolkits and frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, OpenNMT)
• Strong programming skills (Python, C/C++, Swift, or other language)
• Experience with Machine Learning, with a particular focus on Large Language Models (LLM) that generate code
• Comprehensive knowledge and hands-on experience with fine-tuning approaches, model recipes, and training models.

Preferred Qualifications

• BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or Machine Learning (or equivalent experience)
• Experience adapting re-trained LLMs for downstream tasks
• Proficiency with Apple’s development APIs (SwiftUI, Foundation, etc)

At Apple, we’re not all the same. And that’s our greatest strength. We draw on the differences in who we are, what we’ve experienced and how we think. Because to create products that serve everyone, we believe in including everyone. Therefore, we are committed to treating all applicants fairly and equally. As a registered Disability Confident employer, we will work with applicants to make any reasonable accommodations. Apple will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal backgrounds in a manner consistent with applicable law.