# AIML - Sr Machine Learning Engineer, Data and ML Innovation

Do you want to play a part in the revolution in Foundation Models? Contribute to model hillclimbing for Apple Intelligence features that leverage Apple Foundation Models, and work with the people who built the intelligent products that helps millions of people get things done - just by asking or typing? The vision for AIML FM Data organization is to improve Foundation Models by leveraging data and cutting-edge LLM techniques. As a Sr ML Engineering on the team, you will drive ML innovations, identify key opportunity areas and experiment with various techniques to improve model training and evaluation efficiency and performance. Description As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, you will join end-to-end development of large language models and agentic systems, from training pipelines to evaluation frameworks and production deployment. You will work at the intersection of modeling, infrastructure, and product, helping push model quality through systematic experimentation and iteration. You’ll collaborate closely with research, infrastructure, and product teams to design robust training pipelines, build agent environments, and ship high-impact AI capabilities into real-world applicati

- **Id**: 2994636
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/apple-aiml-sr-machine-learning-engineer-data-and-ml-innovation-2>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cupertino, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-01-31T00:11:21Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-14
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T20:22:49Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 287
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2699
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Operating Systems, Laptops, Smartwatches & Fitness Trackers, Tablets

## Company

- **Id**: 12
- **Name**: Apple
- **Domain**: apple.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/apple>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Apple Jobs

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 94
- **Open postings**: 607
- **Ghost share**: 0.002
- **Stale share**: 0.005
- **Repost share**: 0.082
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 149
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 235000
- **Max usd**: 450000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 1268

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **DPO** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **PPO** — Optional: no
- **RLHF** — Optional: no
- **SFT** — Optional: no
- **Function Calling** — Optional: yes
- **Reinforcement Learning** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 2
- **Days open**: 287

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-21T10:40:09Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-21T16:58:38Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-11T11:26:07Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-11T22:29:36Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-14T20:22:49Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 6,350 · green card filings: 39; Filings 12m: 6350

## Liveness

- **Score**: 19
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.529
- **P room**: 0.36
- **Age days**: 287
- **Expected fill days**: 149
- **Reasons**: conf:2, repost:2, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T23:09:07Z

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