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# Staff / Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, AI, Search & Knowledge Platforms

- **Company:** Apple Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Big Data, Data Structures, Data Systems, Distributed Systems, Information Extraction, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Scala (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Feature Engineering, Large Language Models, Apache Spark, Containerization, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Cassandra, Machine Learning Operations, TensorRT, Docker, Golang, Microservices
- **Published:** July 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.sanfranciscogigs.com/job.asp?id=3322600406&tx=UT545TYI&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related technical field
 * 3+ years of experience in software engineering or ML engineering
 * Experience with Golang, Java, Scala, or Python
 * Background in computer science: algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems
 * Experience working in a cloud-native environment such as AWS
 * Experience working with large-scale data processing pipelines (Spark, Cassandra, etc.)
 * Experience with micro-service architecture in a containerized environment (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
 * Experience with machine learning workflows, including feature engineering, training, evaluation, deployment and serving, * Experience with training and fine-tuning large language models
 * Experience with optimizing ML training and serving performance, including GPU tuning, batch size optimization, and multi-node scheduling
 * Familiarity with Nvidia TensorRT-LLM, vLLM, Nvidia Triton Server, or similar inference frameworks.
 * Experience with NLP, information extraction, or web data systems.
 * Excellent interpersonal skills, able to work independently as well as in a team



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