Job Description

The Siri Speech team at Apple is seeking exceptional individuals to enhance the technology that enables Siri to understand and learn. This role involves working with large datasets and applying distributed data engineering techniques in areas like speech recognition and natural language processing.

Requirements

M.S. or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
Machine Learning experience a plus
Speech understanding or generation experience a plus
Strong data engineering background in speech and/or language/text/dialogue processing field
Strong software engineering abilities, ideally Python
Real passion for building research demo data solution prototypes and turning them into production quality design/implementation
Strong interpersonal skills to work well with engineering teams
Excellent problem solving and critical thinking
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing priorities
Passionate about building extraordinary products and experiences for our users

Responsibilities

Work with open source tools like PySpark, Jax, Ray and others
Run data based ablation studies
Use open source models to extract signals from large volumes of speech data to drive modeling improvements

Benefits

Employees at Apple are often offered comprehensive benefits that support physical and mental well-being—flexible medical plans, confidential counseling, onsite wellness centers at major campuses, and resources for fitness and daily life. Families typically receive fertility support, paid parental leave with gradual return, caregiving leave, and dependent-care guidance, while financial perks commonly include stock grants (with purchase discounts), 401(k) matching, and income-protection coverage. Employees also see robust time off, Apple University learning and tuition reimbursement, donation matching and paid volunteer hours, and deep product and partner discounts.