ML Engineer - Creator Studio
Cary, North Carolina, United States
Software and Services
Posted: Feb 10, 2026
Role Number: 200646141-1435

Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each other's ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It's the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, you'll do more than join something you'll add something. This is a great opportunity to be an early member of a new engineering team on a highly visible, highly impactful project! You will be deeply involved in developing new and innovative on-device ML and AI tools in the creative space. You will work with human interface designers, quality assurance teams, and cross-functional engineering teams to go beyond code and influence everything from user interfaces to project planning.

Description
The Creator Studio team is seeking a highly skilled ML Engineer with hands-on experience working on AI and creative tools. As an ML Engineer, you will play a key role in defining and implementing key agentic AI features in our Creator Studio applications.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of proven experience developing and shipping reliable, scalable, maintainable, and testable code.
• Experience with Apple platforms including iOS and macOS.
• Experience delivering products in Multimodal-LLMs/Foundation models, Generative AI, Machine Learning or related areas.
• Proven track record in training, evaluating, and deploying multimodal large language models / foundational models.
• Strong programming skills in Python and/or C++ and one of the deep learning toolkits such as PyTorch, JAX, or Tensorflow.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and project management skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Core ML, Swift, and iOS/macOS machine learning development.
• Experience optimizing models and algorithms that run efficiently on resource constrained platforms.
• Strong patent and publication record at top conferences.
• Experience building APIs or frameworks.
• Experience building AI tools or working on AI-adjacent projects.
• Experience with the latest Swift technologies.
• Experience working with media storage and playback.
• Experience as a technical lead.

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.
Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.