Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Salary: $184,700–$277,600 / yr
Posted: 129 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role $231k

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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 Engineer

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As a Sr. Machine Learning Engineer on the Search Safety team, you will join the Siri and Information Intelligence group to build and deploy state-of-the-art machine learning models. Your daily work involves detecting, demoting, and filtering harmful, abusive, or policy-violating content across the search ecosystem while addressing complex challenges like query intent understanding, adversarial evasion, jailbreaking, and multimodal content filtering. You will translate product requirements into modeling tasks and integrate safety signals directly into ranking and retrieval pipelines to balance safety with relevance. The role requires proficiency in at least two programming languages, such as Python, Go, Java, or C/C++, along with experience using PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX for training and deploying deep learning models. You will work at the intersection of Search, Natural Language Processing, Image, and Trust & Safety to ensure a safe environment.

What does a Machine Learning Engineer earn in California?

Median $246394 from 172 postings across 28 companies.

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Skills

Machine Learning Natural Language Processing PyTorch TensorFlow JAX Python Go Java C++ Computer Vision Deep Learning Content Moderation Adversarial Training Search Ranking Information Retrieval Multimodal Content Filtering

What you'll do

Build and deploy state-of-the-art machine learning models to detect, demote, and filter harmful or policy-violating content.
Address complex challenges in query intent understanding and multimodal content filtering.
Develop systems to counter adversarial evasion and jailbreaking attempts.
Integrate safety signals directly into search ranking and retrieval pipelines.
Balance safety constraints with search relevance and user engagement metrics.
Translate product requirements into specific modeling tasks and engineering requirements.
Perform red-teaming, adversarial training, and robustness evaluations of machine learning models.

What we're looking for

At least 3 years of industry-related experience working in collaborative environments.
Experience using PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX to train and deploy deep learning models.
Ability to translate product requirements into specific modeling and engineering tasks.
Proficiency in at least two programming languages such as Python, Go, Java, or C/C++.
BS in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, Safety, Computer Vision, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
Preferred MS or PhD in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, Safety, Computer Vision, or a related field.
Experience in content moderation, spam detection, fraud, or Trust & Safety ML teams.
Experience in red-teaming, adversarial training, or robustness evaluation of ML models.