staff Machine Learning Engineer tech_leadership 5+ yrs Master's · Posted Jun 16, 2026

Skills

Python Java TensorFlow PyTorch LLMs Deep Learning Machine Learning

About this role

Apple is hiring a staff-level Machine Learning Engineer based in Vancouver, Canada. The posting calls out experience with Python, Java, TensorFlow, PyTorch and roughly 5+ years of relevant work. Listed education preference: a master's degree or equivalent.

Role: Machine Learning Engineer
Function: machine learning
Level: staff
Track: Tech leadership
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Experience: 5+ years
Education: Master's degree
Department: Software and Services
Posted: Jun 16, 2026

AI Summary

Staff-level ML engineer delivering scalable services for Apple News and Books using machine learning for text extraction, entity recognition, duplicate detection, search, and ranking. Requires MS in ML/CS or equivalent, 5+ years shipping production ML models, strong Python/Java skills, and experience with recommender systems and text-centric AI.

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Job description

from Apple careers

In a time where the news and book media landscapes are changing by the day, Apple News and Apple Books stand as champions of quality content, expert curation, user privacy, and the judicious use of machine learning. Our lively and brilliant team consists of client and machine learning engineers who embody Apple's values. We inspire, teach, and otherwise enable each other to do the best work of our careers! Our team's outstanding retention rate speaks to our strong culture of respect for our teammates as both engineers and people. Would you like to work on such a team, solving hard problems in machine learning? Terrific! Please join us for the next generation of these apps!
Our team is seeking a high-energy and self-driven machine learning engineer who will play a central role in the delivery of scalable services. The team uses machine learning to tackle difficult and complicated problems in the news, books, and stocks domains, including text extraction, named entity recognition, duplicate detection, search, ranking, and much more! As a member of our dynamic group, you’ll have the rare and rewarding opportunity to craft upcoming products that will delight and encourage millions of Apple’s customers every day!
<h3>Minimum Qualifications</h3>MS in Machine Learning, Computer Science, or related field. Alternatively, equivalent industry experience to an MS degree is acceptable.
At least 5 years of experience shipping machine learning models in products.
Strong programming skills in Python, Java, or a related language, and one of the deep learning toolkits such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or similar.
Experience designing user-facing machine learning features with interdisciplinary partners.
Experience with recommender systems.
Experience with text-centric AI/ML (LLMs, document classification, search, etc.)
Experience delivering high quality software at scale.
Ability to communicate effectively and collaborate with partner teams.
Commitment to encouraging an open and inclusive work environment.
<h3>Preferred Qualifications</h3>Experience in a technical leadership role.