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Machine Learning Engineer, Foundation Model Services

Apple

Location

Seattle, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

8/20/2026

Compensation

Not listed

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

Job description

The role is focused on building and optimizing production-grade solutions for Apple's Foundation Model Services team, which powers intelligent experiences across various products. The team is responsible for running large foundation models in production, ensuring low latency and high performance. Candidates will work closely with product teams and researchers to develop cutting-edge model architectures and tools. This position offers the opportunity to impact billions of users by enhancing machine learning systems at scale.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of industry experience building and shipping production software and/or machine learning systems.
  • Proficiency in a modern programming language such as Go or Python.
  • Experience deploying and operating services on a cloud platform using containers and Kubernetes/Docker.
  • 5+ years of industry experience in ML technologies including LLMs, Machine Learning, NLP, Information Retrieval, and Statistics.
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related technical field.
  • Familiarity with Nvidia TensorRT-LLM, vLLLM, DeepSpeed, and Nvidia Triton Server.

Responsibilities

  • Work closely with product teams to build production-grade solutions that launch models serving customers in real time.
  • Partner with foundation model researchers to prototype and develop inference for cutting-edge model architectures.
  • Build tools that help understand and remove performance bottlenecks across different hardware and use cases.
  • Write high-quality code and learn quickly in a fast-moving field.
  • Grow your impact by taking on larger pieces of the system.

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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