Senior Machine Learning iOS Platform Engineer, Responsible AI and Safety

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$216,200–$324,800 / yr
Posted
93 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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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 · Senior Machine Learning iOS Platform Engineer, Responsible AI and Safety

As a Senior Machine Learning iOS Platform Engineer within the Responsible AI and Safety team, you will lead the integration of safety classifiers, guardrail models, and mitigation policies across the full deployment surface. You will be responsible for the architectural design and implementation of these assets on both on-device foundation models running on Apple Silicon and server-side inference via Private Cloud Compute. Your daily work involves building high-performance systems to ensure generative features are safe and reliable while optimizing for speed and efficiency in real-time interactions. You will utilize Swift, Objective C, Core iOS and Foundation frameworks, and on-device ML runtimes like Core ML or MLX. The role focuses on the technical challenge of deploying robust safety layers for multimodal workflows and large language models to mitigate unintended behaviors in generative AI products.

What you'll do

  • Integrate safety classifiers and guardrail models across on-device and server-side inference platforms.
  • Design and implement the technical architecture for complex multimodal workflows and generative features.
  • Optimize high-performance systems for real-time interactions and large-scale image processing.
  • Develop tools, frameworks, and evaluation methods to monitor and diagnose model failures.
  • Manage the end-to-end deployment lifecycle of Responsible AI mitigation assets.
  • Translate safety requirements into performant software experiences using Swift and Apple's core frameworks.
  • Lead the development of mobile frameworks used by multiple teams across the organization.

What we're looking for

  • 12+ years of professional experience.
  • At least 5+ years of experience in iOS and macOS application development using Objective-C and Swift.
  • Expertise in Apple's Core iOS and Foundation frameworks.
  • Experience leading the architecture and development of complex, high-performance production systems.
  • Experience shipping impactful mobile frameworks used by teams outside your direct team.
  • Demonstrated ability to technically lead projects, mentor engineers, and drive cross-functional initiatives.
  • A BS in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
  • Knowledge of on-device ML runtimes, model-export lifecycles, and frontier LLM models is preferred.

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