Machine Learning Research Scientist - Personalization Science, Apple Fitness

Machine Learning Research Scientist - Personalization Science, Apple Fitness+

Cupertino, California, United States Machine Learning and AI

Wonder how Apple's Media Products show relevant search results and recommendations across App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, Apple Books, and Apple Fitness+? Join us to conduct research and develop machine learning models that personalize Apple Fitness+ for millions of users worldwide! In this role, you will propose, prototype, and evaluate innovative algorithm solutions and improvements. You will partner to build large-scale personalized recommender systems across Apple's media products and see your work touch the lives of billions of Apple users worldwide.

The Apple Services Engineering team is one of the most exciting examples of Apple's long-held passion for combining art and technology. We are the team that powers recommendations and personalization in the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, Apple Books, and Apple Fitness+. We achieve this on a massive scale, meeting Apple's high privacy expectations, and delivering a vast array of fitness and wellness content in over 35 languages to more than 150 countries.

Our scientists and engineers build secure, end-to-end solutions powered by machine learning. Thanks to Apple's unique integration of hardware, software and services, designers, scientists, and engineers partner to get behind a single unified vision that always includes a deep commitment to strengthening Apple's privacy policy. Although services are a bigger part of Apple's business than ever before, these teams remain small, flexible, and multi-functional, offering greater exposure to the array of opportunities here.

We are looking for a world-class researcher to help us solve challenging problems in personalization science using the latest advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning. With your expertise, we want to develop novel solutions to power personalized experiences in Apple Fitness+ that enrich our customers' lives by helping them achieve their health and wellness goals. You will have the incredible opportunity to see your solutions deployed at Apple's truly incredible global scale.

• Develop and apply state-of-the-art machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques to personalize user experiences within Apple Fitness+.
• Conduct human evaluation and rigorous experiments to test and improve your models.
• Derive insights from experimentation and convert them into feature improvements.
• Ship production quality code to deploy your models at a global scale.
• Contribute to the scientific literature through publications and participation in leading academic conferences.
• Help chart the future growth of personalization across Apple's services ecosystem.

• Deep knowledge of machine learning-powered personalization algorithms, design patterns, and tools. In particular, this includes deep learning, reinforcement learning, and unsupervised learning methods.
• Practical real-world experience with building scalable recommendation systems.
• Proven grasp of the open-source Python ML/AI tech stack, including Tensorflow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, numpy, scipy, and pandas.
• Technical competence in production-quality software development.
• Familiarity with big data technologies.

• Knowledge of generative artificial intelligence applied to recommendation systems.

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $181,100 and $318,400, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including:
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