AIML - Machine Learning Engineer in Foundation Models, Responsible AI and Safety
Apple · Cupertino, CA · Machine Learning and AI
About this role
Apple is hiring a mid-level Machine Learning Engineer based in Cupertino, CA. The posting calls out experience with Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, LLMs.
- Role
- Machine Learning Engineer
- Function
- machine learning
- Level
- mid
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Location
- Cupertino, CA
- Department
- Machine Learning and AI
- Posted
- Apr 27, 2026
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Job description
from Apple careersJoin us as we build world-class groundbreaking products for our customers! Apple's Data and ML Innovation team focuses on innovative technologies, methodologies, and research to enable fantastic user experiences and to push the frontier of machine learning.
Our team is looking to hire a tech lead with a strong track record in Applied Research who is passionate about ML and foundation models with a focus on responsibility, fairness, and safety. In this role, you will lead the research and application of ML methods for technologies that power breakthrough user experiences while upholding Apple's values, privacy, and quality standards.
This role will be highly multifunctional. You will collaborate closely with top machine learning researchers and engineers, software engineers, and design teams to develop and deliver groundbreaking solutions for Apple products. We believe that the most exciting problems in machine learning research arise at the intersection of emerging technologies and real-world use cases. This is also where the most critical breakthroughs come from. As a researcher, you will:
- Define and deliver responsible machine learning technologies
- Develop methods and frameworks to train and evaluate foundation models with responsibility and safety in mind
- Research and advance safety alignment and model robustness methods for foundation models