Pay
$166K–$240K is typical
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Senior Machine Learning Engineer
- Pay
- Pay not listedSimilar roles state $166K–$240K
- Work setting
- Not stated
- Employment
- Not stated
Before you apply
- Employer’s visa record
- 9,255 H-1B petitions approved in fiscal 2024 and 2025For the employer as a whole. This posting doesn’t say whether the role is sponsored. US Citizenship and Immigration Services.
What you’ll work on
Full postingBuild scalable data pipelines that connect with advanced ML workflows
Develop embeddings systems, including generation, evaluation and ANN search
Help build, optimize and scale AI models across the full ML lifecycle
Work on AI Ops, efficient inference and a modern feature platform
From the employer’s posting
We build robust systems that connect scalable data pipelines with advanced ML workflows
This includes embeddings (generation, evaluation, ANN search, multimodal support)
you’ll play a key role in shaping how AI models are built, optimized, and scaled
AI Ops, efficient inference, and a modern feature platform
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
- Employer says posted
- Sep 10, 2026
These dates show when we found the posting. Check the employer’s website to confirm it is still accepting applications.
How this job compares
Time since we first saw it
Day 4
Early. Similar jobs usually come down between day 8 and day 76.
At Apple, jobs usually come down by about day 48.
From 5,461 similar postings that came down, and 462 of Apple’s. Coming down is not always a hire.
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
Your next step
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Has Apple posted this job before?
Yes. We’ve followed 7 other Senior Machine Learning Engineer jobs there since June 2026. 2 came down, usually after about 18 days. 5 are still up.
Large employers often post one title for several teams, so these can be separate openings.
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.
Each bar is one week of new postings. The darkest bars are the last 6 weeks.
Counted from the hiring pages we’ve followed for at least five weeks, so employers we add don’t look like growth. Updated weekly.
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
Join a team at the forefront of ML infrastructure and generative AI, where data and model workflows come together to enable the next generation of intelligent experiences on Apple products and services. We build robust systems that connect scalable data pipelines with advanced ML workflows, accelerating the development of real-world AI applications. Our work spans the full ML lifecycle, from experimentation to deployment, and you’ll play a key role in shaping how AI models are built, optimized, and scaled. We develop a platform for ML data and features that powers advanced GenAI applications. This includes embeddings (generation, evaluation, ANN search, multimodal support), AI Ops, efficient inference, and a modern feature platform designed to streamline experimentation and drive innovation. We’re looking for engineers and researchers passionate about generative models, data-centric ML, and intelligent systems across diverse real-world use cases. With the autonomy to experiment, the scale to make an impact, and the support to take ideas from prototype to production, you’ll work alongside a world-class team to build intelligent, flexible systems that make ML development faster, more reliable, and more creative.
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