AI/ML - Machine Learning Research Engineer, Machine Translation

Apple

120d • $181,100 - $318,400

About The Position

Apple Machine Translation team is looking for exceptional researchers/scientists to develop the next generation of core MT technology and Large Language Model technologies to allow our users to communicate across language barriers and perform multilingual tasks. Passionate about Natural Language Processing, Language Modeling (LLMs) and Machine Translation? Join us to bring the most advanced Multilingual solution across the Apple ecosystem. The Apple MT organization is responsible for the R&D of state-of-the-art approaches to Machine Translation and Multilingual Large Language Models as well as applications of this technology (e.g., Translate app, Safari web page translation, System-wide translation). We are looking for research scientists and engineers passionate about applied research in the space of Multilingual Large Language Models and Machine Translation, investigating novel modeling and learning approaches and evaluation methods. As a member of the core modeling team, you will have the opportunity to work with a wide variety of language technologies and advance the edge of the LLM and MT technology to tackle real world problems. The successful candidate should have excellent oral and written communication skills and be a team player. Track record of impactful contributions to the field of LLM, MT or related fields preferred for senior researchers.

Requirements

• 3+ years experience in machine learning and NLP including model training, inference, Large Language Models and neural machine translation.
• Experience developing AI/ML systems at scale in production or in high-impact research environments.
• Knowledge with common deep learning toolkits including JAX, PyTorch or Tensorflow.
• Passionate about machine translation, large language model and natural language processing.

Nice To Haves

• Expertise in key language technologies including machine translation, large language model and natural language processing.
• Ability to formulate a research problem, design, experiment and implement solutions in C/C++/Java, Python, bash scripting.
• Design and deployment of real-world, large-scale, user-facing MT or LLM systems.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop the next generation of core MT technology and Large Language Model technologies.
• Conduct applied research in Multilingual Large Language Models and Machine Translation.
• Investigate novel modeling and learning approaches and evaluation methods.
• Work with a wide variety of language technologies.
• Advance the edge of LLM and MT technology to tackle real world problems.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
• Retirement benefits.
• Discounted products and free services.
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses including tuition.
• Discretionary bonuses or commission payments.
• Relocation assistance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Master's degree