Currently tracking 171 active AI roles, down 37% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $120k–$487k (avg $235k).
Apple has 261 active AI-related job listings. The majority of these roles are focused on agents, accounting for 24% of the total, followed by application (22%) and serving infrastructure (21%). Engineering is the primary function for these positions, with the United States being the dominant hiring country. Frequent tech tags include model serving, inference infrastructure, and LLM observability. Over the last 30 days, Apple has posted 111 new AI roles, representing a 61% increase compared to the previous 30-day period.
Apple currently has 233 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: Machine Learning Engineer (4), AIML - Sr Data Scientist, Evaluation (2), Advanced Manufacturing Engineer(iPhone) - Smart Manufacturing (2), Machine Learning Engineer, Apple Services Engineering (2), Machine Learning Software Engineer (2). Most positions are in Engineering and Research.
Apple's active AI hiring is concentrated in: agents (30%), application (21%), serving infrastructure (14%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
Apple is hiring AI talent in: United States (182 roles), China (17 roles), India (10 roles), United Kingdom (7 roles).
Job postings at Apple most frequently mention: Machine Learning, Python, Data Science, Large Language Models (LLMs), Statistics.
In the past 30 days, Apple has posted 80 new AI-related roles.
| Title | Stage | AI score |
|---|---|---|
| AIML - Machine Learning Researcher - MLR Research Scientist role focused on advancing ML technology, particularly in introspection, robustness, and next-generation architectures. The role involves defining research agendas, implementing innovative ML approaches, running large-scale experiments, publishing work, and collaborating with engineering teams to integrate research into products. Requires expertise in ML/DL, transformers/diffusion/SSM, deep learning frameworks, and a strong publication record. | Pretrain | 9 |
| AIML - Machine Learning Researcher, MLR Research scientist role focused on foundational ML research in LLMs, generative models, and agentic systems, with a requirement for publication in top-tier conferences. The role involves proposing and executing research plans, implementing experiments, and collaborating with ML engineers and researchers. | Pretrain |
| 9 |
| AIML - Machine Learning Researcher, MLR Apple is seeking a Machine Learning Researcher to conduct foundational research in LLMs and generative models, focusing on long-term, curiosity-driven projects. The role involves defining and executing research plans, implementing experiments, and publishing results in top-tier scientific venues. Collaboration with ML engineers and researchers across Apple is expected, with opportunities for technical mentorship. | PretrainPost-train | 9 |
| AIML - Machine Learning Research, Multimodal Foundation Models Research role focused on building multimodal foundation models, with a focus on image understanding and generation. The role involves developing algorithms, techniques, and systems that push the frontier of deep learning, with opportunities to publish and apply models to Apple products. | PretrainPost-train | 9 |
