Senior ML Research Engineer, Post-Training for Personalization

Apple Inc

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Location
Cupertino, CA
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$216,200–$394,000 / yr
Posted
11 days ago
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TL;DR · Senior ML Research Engineer, Post-Training for Personalization

The Senior ML Research Engineer, Post-Training for Personalization joins the Intelligent System Experience team to develop core modeling technologies for Apple Intelligence. This role focuses on driving research in post-training methodologies to enable large language models to understand individual user needs and adapt to personal context. You will build scalable, high-quality experiences at the intersection of multimodal reasoning, personalization, and agentic systems. Key responsibilities include algorithm development for prompt optimization, reinforcement learning, and context compaction or memory systems. You will utilize PyTorch and distributed training to prototype bleeding-edge innovations. The work involves solving technical problems related to generative memories, visual generation, and agentic search, specifically translating emerging research into personalized intelligence that allows models to deliver more relevant and helpful user experiences.

What you'll do

  • Develop novel algorithms for LLM post-training to advance personalized intelligence.
  • Research post-training methodologies to help models adapt to individual user needs and personal context.
  • Implement prompt optimization and reinforcement learning techniques for model improvement.
  • Develop multimodal reasoning and context compaction techniques for efficient memory systems.
  • Prototype and incorporate bleeding-edge algorithmic innovations into emerging agentic experiences.
  • Interface with large-scale modeling and data infrastructure to deploy high-quality experiences.
  • Translate emerging research into scalable, high-quality generative modeling technologies.

What we're looking for

  • PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field with a focus on computer vision and/or machine learning.
  • Comparable professional experience to a PhD in a relevant field.
  • Strong fundamentals in machine learning and generative modeling.
  • Hands-on experience in pre-training or post-training of large language models and reinforcement learning.
  • Familiarity with distributed training.
  • Proficiency in using ML toolkits such as PyTorch.
  • Proven track record of research contributions through publications in top-tier conferences or open source contributions to algorithms.
  • Experience with building and deploying Multimodal-LLMs and agentic systems with tool-use and memory capabilities (preferred).

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