Sr. Computer Vision and Machine Learning Engineer

Apple’s Creativity Apps team is hiring a Senior Computer Vision and Machine Learning Engineer to help design and deliver agentic workflows and user-facing ML capabilities for creative tools. In this onsite role in Cupertino, you’ll build and evaluate vision models and LLM/VLM-powered agents, then work with others to integrate them into the systems that ship to creators.

What you’ll do

• Design agentic workflows that use these models to address multi-step user problems, including tool contracts, schemas, and orchestration logic.
• Build state-of-the-art vision models, covering data collection, architecture design, and training.
• Create evaluation frameworks for agentic workflows, including task success metrics, benchmarks, and regression testing.
• Partner with client teams to integrate models and workflows into model runtimes and orchestration frameworks.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to take ML-powered features for creators from concept through delivery.

What you bring

• 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.
• A strong patent and publication record at top conferences.
• Keen interest in the art and science of photography.
• MS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field, plus 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++ with a deep learning framework such as PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow.
• Creative problem-solving skills with strong communication and collaboration.
• Commitment to encouraging an open and inclusive work environment.

Tools and technologies

• Core ML, Swift, iOS, macOS
• Python, C++
• PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow
• LLMs, VLMs
• Transformer-based vision models, GANs

Compensation and benefits

This role is onsite in Cupertino, CA and offers a base pay range of $184,700 to $324,800 per year. Apple notes that base pay is one part of a total compensation package and is determined within the range based on skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Retirement benefits
• Discounted products and free services
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses, including tuition
• Discretionary employee stock programs, including opportunity to become an Apple shareholder
• Discretionary restricted stock unit awards
• Ability to purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation (where eligible)

Note: Apple benefit, compensation, and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.