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Sr. Computer Vision and Machine Learning Engineer, Creativity Apps

Apple

Cupertino, CAJobSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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Location
Cupertino, CA
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Master's degree

Job overview

Apple’s Creativity Apps team is developing next-generation creative editing tools and agentic features for its creative applications. The Computer Vision and Machine Learning Engineer will work with creatives, designers, and engineers to design and develop these features. The ideal candidate combines strong foundations in agentic workflows with hands-on experience building, evaluating, and deploying complex user-facing systems, and collaborates effectively across the organization.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Machine LearningDeep LearningAgentic WorkflowsLLM/VLM AgentsTool UseMulti-Step ReasoningPlanningContext ManagementTransformer-Based Vision ModelsGANsPythonC++PyTorchJAXTensorFlowCommunicationCollaborationInclusive Work EnvironmentProduction DeploymentAI ReliabilityAI SafetyAI BenchmarkingLLM Fine-TuningFoundation Model AdaptersModel OptimizationCore MLSwiftiOSmacOSPatent WritingAcademic PublishingPhotography

Qualifications

MS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or Related Field4+ Years Industry ExperiencePhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or Related Field

Full job description

Role Number: 200691415-0836

Summary

At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming phenomenal products, services, and customer experiences very quickly! The Creativity Apps team needs your help shaping the next generation of creative editing tools by working on pioneering technologies to surprise and delight creative pros and enthusiasts alike.

As a Computer Vision & Machine Learning Engineer, you will be working alongside our world-class creatives, designers, and engineers to help innovate in the creative space in ways that only Apple can. This is a highly visible, highly impactful opportunity!

Description

The ideal candidate combines strong foundations in agentic workflows with hands-on experience building, evaluating, and deploying complex user-facing systems. This position requires a self-motivated individual with excellent interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with all levels of the organization. You will contribute to the design and development of next-generation agentic features for Apple’s creative applications.

Minimum Qualifications

  • MS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field, and 4+ years of industry experience delivering products in generative AI, machine learning, or computer vision.

  • Strong theoretical and practical knowledge of machine learning and deep learning.

  • Experience building and evaluating LLM/VLM-powered agents, including tool use, multi-step reasoning, planning, and context management.

  • Hands-on experience building, training, and deploying transformer-based vision models, GANs, or related methods.

  • Strong programming skills in Python and/or C++ and a deep learning framework such as PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow.

  • Creative problem solver with strong communication and collaboration skills.

  • Committed to encouraging an open and inclusive work environment.

Preferred Qualifications

  • PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field.

  • Experience deploying agentic systems to production, including work on AI reliability, safety, or benchmarking.

  • Experience fine-tuning LLMs or training adapters for foundation models.

  • Experience optimizing models for resource-constrained platforms, ideally with Core ML, Swift, and iOS/macOS.

  • Strong patent and publication record at top conferences.

  • Keen interest in the art and science of photography.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

How this job compares

Set against the 6,178 open Machine Learning Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • California median$177–262K/yr1,422 salary ranges
  • California median$53–70/hr34 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,894 open Machine Learning Engineer jobs in California and 6,178 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Machine Learning Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (4,875 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a master's degree; 459 of the 6,178 open Machine Learning Engineer jobs (7%) ask for a master's degree or higher.

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