Senior Machine Learning Manager, Answers, Search & Knowledge Platforms

Apple

Santa Clara, CA

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JOB DETAILS

SKILLS

Apple, Apple Siri, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Communication Skills, Computer Science, Construction, Data Mining, Data Science, Ecosystems, Information Retrieval, Leadership, Machine Learning, Marketing Software, Metrics, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Presentation/Verbal Skills, Privacy Controls, Product Design, Product Marketing, Product Strategy, Research & Development (R&D), Safari Browser, Search Technology, Software Engineering, Team Lead/Manager, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Writing Skills

LOCATION

Santa Clara, CA

POSTED

9 days ago

**Weekly Hours:** 40 **Role Number:** 200646250-3760 **Summary** Do you want to make Siri and Apple products smarter for our users? The Search & Knowledge Platform team is redefining how hundreds of millions of people use their devices to get information. We are an Applied ML team pushing the limits on realtime augmented information retrieval and generation, information safety and search technologies, while also responsible for a few user facing production services. We are part of a wider effort to power information across a variety of Apple products – including Siri, Spotlight, Safari, Messages, Lookup, and more. **Description** In this role, you will drive E2E Apple Knowledge Graph engineering to generate answers and experiences for users' knowledge questions. It includes open-domain knowledge extraction, knowledge conflation, knowledge graph construction, and serving. You will also lead the team in developing advanced NLP and ML models to understand user query entities and intent, retrieve the relevant entities and facts from the knowledge graph, and generate high-quality answers and dialog/experiences using LLM-powered models. You are expected to take advantage of the Apple ecosystem that blends cutting-edge hardware, software, and strong privacy/security guarantees, integrate this with Apple’s knowledge infrastructure and phenomenal power of generative models, and then deliver the truly delightful knowledge-driven user experiences that are uniquely Apple. You will be responsible for devising the product vision and strategy, evangelizing it, executing the plan, and delivering a high-quality end-user experience. You will be able to work with a wide range of organizational partners across design, product and marketing, software engineering, data science, foundation models, and machine learning and profoundly impact billions of Apple users worldwide. **Minimum Qualifications** + 8+ years of experience leading engineering/applied research/ML experiences in search, natural language processing/understanding, and conversational AI. + MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, information retrieval, data mining, or a related field **Preferred Qualifications** + Strong background and experience in Search and related technologies (Machine Learning, Ranking, Relevance and Metrics) + Strong engineering and R&D experience in E2E knowledge graph technologies + Exceptional verbal and written communication skills to lead + Product Vision. + Ability to manage long-term strategy and short-term deliverables. + Strong engineering leadership and fundamentals.

About the Company

Apple

We bring amazing people together to make amazing things happen.

We’re a diverse collection of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, as well as with services, including iTunes, the App Store, Apple Music, and Apple Pay. And the same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it.

About Apple

There’s a place here for every kind of brilliant. Everyone here is an innovator, or an innovator-to-be, no matter what your team or your role. So bring your passion, courage, and original thinking and get ready to share it, because every new product, service, or feature we invent is the result of people working together to make each others’ ideas stronger. Innovation at this level depends on people who represent the variety of the human experience and inspire us with their own fresh perspectives. Together, we’ll do amazing work that can make a difference in people’s lives. Including your own. Learn more about working at Apple.

COMPANY SIZE

10,000 employees or more

INDUSTRY

Computer/IT Services

FOUNDED

1976

WEBSITE

https://www.apple.com/jobs