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Machine Learning Engineer - AI, Search & Knowledge Platform
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What you’ll work on
Full postingImprove query understanding and ranking for Siri Search using large-scale machine learning
Develop models that judge match quality using word embeddings and deep learning
Build online learning systems that react quickly to change
Apply natural language processing to understand user queries
Combine signals from multiple sources, across petabytes of data, to best satisfy user intent
From the employer’s posting
doing large scale machine learning and deep learning to improve Query Understanding and Ranking of Siri Search
developing sophisticated machine learning models, using word embeddings and deep learning to understand the quality of matches
It also includes online learning to react quickly to change
natural language processing to understand queries
combining information from multiple sources to provide the user with results that best satisfies their intent and information seeking needs
Posting record
Report an errorActively hiringFirst seen by us 4 days ago, still listed, and not a repost of an earlier posting.
- Status in our records
- Live
- First seen by us
- Nov 9, 20264 days ago
- Recorded sightings
- 5
- Last seen by us
- Nov 13, 2026
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How this job compares
Apple is hiring
483 open jobs
Open jobs by the week we first saw them, last 12 weeks.
- ML Engineer hiring is picking up
- Takes jobs down at a usual pace
- 5% of open jobs were reposted
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Has Apple posted this job before?
Yes. We’ve followed one other Machine Learning Engineer - AI, Search & Knowledge Platform job there since September 2026. It came down after 41 days.
About Apple
- People
- About 166,000 in 2025, up 1% from the year before.Annual report (SEC Form 10-K)
- Company
- Listed as AAPL.
- H-1B visas
- 1,599 approved for new hires in fiscal 2025.US Citizenship and Immigration Services
- Layoff notices
- Notices this year and last cover 135 people. The latest was filed April 23, 2026.State WARN notices
Demand for ML Engineer roles
New ML Engineer postings at the employers we follow are up 10% over the last 6 weeks compared with the 6 before.
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About the role
We file this job under ML Engineer, by the work the posting describes.
ML engineers put machine learning models into products. They write the code that trains, ships, serves and monitors models so a recommendation or prediction works for real users.
Postings ask for strong Python and software engineering, a framework such as PyTorch, cloud services, and more and more often experience with large language models.
A data scientist often works out which model to build; an ML engineer makes it run reliably in production.
US government figures for computer and information research scientists
- Median yearly pay, May 2025
- $140,300
- Expected change, 2025 to 2035
- 21.8% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs
The government has no code for ML engineers, so these figures are for the closest group, computer and information research scientists.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-1221.
Job description
The Answers & Knowledge & Information team is creating groundbreaking technology for artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing! The features we create are redefining how hundreds of millions of people use their computers and mobile devices to search and find what they are looking for.
Siri’s universal search engine powers search features across a variety of Apple products, including Siri, Spotlight, Safari, Messages and Lookup. As part of this group, you will be doing large scale machine learning and deep learning to improve Query Understanding and Ranking of Siri Search and developing fundamental building blocks needed for Artificial Intelligence. This involves developing sophisticated machine learning models, using word embeddings and deep learning to understand the quality of matches. It also includes online learning to react quickly to change and natural language processing to understand queries. Taking advantage of petabytes of data and signals from millions of users and combining information from multiple sources to provide the user with results that best satisfies their intent and information seeking needs.
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