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Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Search & Knowledge Platforms

Apple

Location

Seattle, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

7/29/2026

Compensation

Not listed

PhD with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.0% approval+30% YoY
👑 Elite sponsor

Job description

The role involves working with the Answers, Knowledge & Information team at Apple to enhance the intelligence of Siri and other Apple products. This Applied ML team focuses on improving assistant response ranking and search technologies while managing a production service. Candidates will leverage advanced LLM and ML techniques to understand user queries and generate accurate answers. The position offers the opportunity to shape future Apple products within a diverse and collaborative environment.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of industry-related experience in collaborative environments
  • Experience utilizing PyTorch, TensorFlow, and JAX for deep learning model training and deployment
  • Strong understanding of product requirements and ability to translate them into modeling and engineering tasks
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field
  • PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Information Retrieval, Data Science, or a related field
  • Experience in RAG, LLM Reasoning, and LLM Agent
  • Proven track record of scaling and launching projects in complex organizations

Responsibilities

  • Leverage and improve upon the latest LLM and ML techniques to understand queries and rank user intents.
  • Build models for search relevance ranking, query understanding, and summarization.
  • Train and deploy models at scale using the latest advances in online inference optimization.
  • Collaborate with team members from diverse backgrounds to shape upcoming Apple products.

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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