AI/ML Software Engineer

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Salary: $150,400–$277,600 / yr
Posted: 30 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company known for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, software, and online services, including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and App Store. Industry: Consumer Electronics & Software

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TL;DR · AI/ML Software Engineer

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As an AI/ML Software Engineer within the Video Computer Vision organization, you will collaborate with experts in computer graphics and machine learning to develop audio-video perception and representation algorithms. You will design software architecture for production systems and internal tools while implementing performance-critical algorithms for mobile and embedded platforms. Your daily work involves integrating multimodal models with audio, image, and video modalities for efficient on-device inference, developing agentic workflow frameworks with tool calling components, and building tooling for visualization, logging, and debugging. The role requires proficiency in C/C++ or Swift, a strong foundation in linear algebra and numerical analysis, and experience with 3D graphics, animation systems, and GPU deployment. You will solve complex problems involving real-time perception and 3D representation within a large production software stack to power human understanding technologies.

Skills

Computer Vision Machine Learning C++ Swift iOS macOS MLX ARKit REKit 3D Graphics Diffusion Transformer Models On-device Inference Linear Algebra Numerical Analysis Agentic Workflow Frameworks Real-time Systems Software Architecture

What you'll do

Design and drive software architecture for production systems and internal tools.
Implement and optimize performance-critical algorithms for mobile and embedded platforms.
Develop and integrate agentic workflow frameworks with tool calling components.
Integrate multimodal models with audio, image, and video modalities for efficient on-device inference.
Build tooling for visualization, logging, debugging, and evaluation.
Integrate real-time perception, 3D representation, and animation systems into the end-to-end software stack.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
5+ years of relevant industry experience.
Strong proficiency in C/C++ or Swift to write clean and well-structured code.
Solid mathematical foundation in linear algebra and numerical analysis.
Experience developing user-facing APIs for complex systems.
MS/PhD with relevant industry experience (preferred).
Experience with audio, computer vision, 3D graphics, and animation algorithms (preferred).
Experience deploying algorithms to GPUs or other hardware accelerators (preferred).