Senior ML Researcher Multi-Modal Reasoning

Apple Inc

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Work type: On-site
Location: Cupertino, CA
Salary: $216,200–$324,800 / yr
Posted: 2 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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TL;DR · Senior ML Researcher Multi-Modal Reasoning

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As a Sr ML Researcher Multi-Modal Reasoning, you will join the Content Understanding team to advance Apple Intelligence capabilities through research and production-scale multimodal machine learning. You will be responsible for architecting and deploying models, prototyping and validating innovations, and leading cross-functional efforts in areas such as operating system wide embeddings, personalized RAG workstreams, tool calling, and memory systems. The role involves training and adapting large language models at the intersection of NLP and Vision to create agentic experiences. You will utilize Python and PyTorch while engaging with large-scale modeling and data infrastructure. Your work focuses on solving complex problems in generative models for creative workflows and smart assistants, specifically addressing technical challenges in context compaction, efficiency, and integrating cutting-edge algorithmic innovations into practical user interfaces.

Skills

Multimodal ML LLMs Python PyTorch NLP RAG Distributed Training Data Infrastructure Machine Learning Research

What you'll do

Architect and deploy production-scale multimodal machine learning models.
Train and adapt large language models for downstream tasks and alignment.
Develop research and prototypes for agentic experiences and smart assistants.
Integrate advanced algorithmic innovations into system engineering frameworks.
Lead cross-functional efforts across modeling, prototyping, validation, and private learning.
Implement multi-modal capabilities at the intersection of NLP and vision.
Manage large-scale modeling and data infrastructure to support Apple Intelligence features.

What we're looking for

PhD with 5+ years experience or MS with equivalent experience in CS, EE, Math, Physics, or a related field.
Hands-on experience training LLMs and adapting pre-trained LLMs for downstream tasks and alignment.
Modeling experience at the intersection of NLP and Vision.
Proficiency in an ML toolkit such as PyTorch.
Strong programming skills in Python.
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 (preferred).
Familiarity with distributed training and large-scale data infrastructure (preferred).

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