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Sr. Machine Learning Engineer

Apple

Location

Santa Clara, CA, Seattle, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

5/8/2026

Compensation

Not listed

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.0% approval+30% YoY
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Job description

The Answers, Knowledge and Information Team at Apple is focused on developing next-generation machine learning solutions for Knowledge Q&A, enhancing features like Siri, Safari, and Spotlight. This role involves leveraging advancements in machine learning and software engineering to improve user query understanding and document retrieval. Candidates will work on a search platform that impacts millions of users and will have the opportunity to shape future Apple products. The team seeks individuals with strong software engineering skills and applied machine learning experience.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience developing software.
  • Experience working on both software development and building ML models.
  • Experience developing software in Go or other object-oriented languages.
  • Experience with utilizing PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX for training and deploying deep learning models.
  • BS in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Information Retrieval, Data Science or related field or equivalent work experience.
  • Experience working on search ranking, relevance, recommendation or information retrieval.
  • MS or PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Information Retrieval, Data Science or related field or equivalent work experience.
  • Experience with cloud-native deployment (e.g. Kubernetes).
  • Experience with continuous integration and continuous development solutions (e.g. Jenkins, etc.)

Responsibilities

  • Leverage and improve upon the latest advancements in machine learning and software engineering.
  • Understand user queries and intents to retrieve and rank documents.
  • Generate helpful answers for user queries.
  • Work on horizontal areas such as internationalization and safety.
  • Translate product requirements into modeling tasks and engineering tasks.

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.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Apple Inc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

1,065

FY2026

Approval rate

99.0%

FY2026

LCA certified

9,221

FY2026

Entry-level share

5.6%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

+30%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-35%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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