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Machine Learning Engineer, Proactive

Cupertino, United States of America💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-26 → 2026-09-28

Core

Design, train, fine-tune, and optimize large language models and semantic retrieval systems for efficient on-device deployment to power intelligent search and AI experiences.

Role type

Senior IC machine learning engineer (on-device LLMs & search)

Builds

Production ML models, semantic retrieval systems, and on-device generative AI features

Domain

Consumer technology, search, and on-device AI

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Transformer-based model training, LLM fine-tuning, semantic retrieval, model compression, Python, C/C++, PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow

Preferred skills

Knowledge distillation, edge AI optimization, RAG systems, intent classification, multimodal AI, agentic retrieval

Technologies

PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, BERT, T5, Llama, Gemma, Mistral

Responsibilities

Design and optimize transformer-based language models for on-device deployment; Build semantic retrieval, embedding, and reranking systems; Develop LLM fine-tuning and post-training approaches; Research and prototype on-device generative AI techniques; Partner with cross-functional teams to drive AI capabilities from research to production.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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