Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Media Knowledge
Core
Designing knowledge representations and building scalable systems to extract knowledge from multimodal content (text, audio, video) for Apple's media experiences.
Role type
Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Knowledge Graphs & LLMs)
Builds
Production ML systems for media intelligence, search, discovery, and recommendations across Apple Music, Podcasts, and TV.
Domain
Media & Entertainment, Knowledge Graphs, Large Language Models
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Large-scale ML/AI system design, LLMs for information extraction, Knowledge graph modeling, Multimodal content processing, Data pipeline engineering, System quality evaluation
Preferred skills
M.S./Ph.D. in CS/AI, Ontology design, Vector search & RAG, LLM agents, Spark/distributed processing
Technologies
LLMs, Knowledge Graphs, Vector Search, RAG, Spark
Responsibilities
Design expressive knowledge representations and build scalable extraction systems; Define quality standards combining human annotation and automated evaluation; Design retrieval and reasoning systems over large knowledge corpora; Partner with product teams to take capabilities from prototype to production; Review designs, mentor engineers, and set technical direction.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship
