Language Engineer (polish), Global Siri

Apple Apple · Big Tech · Barcelona, Spain · Software and Services

Language Engineer for Siri (Polish) responsible for end-to-end user experiences, applying ML and NLP techniques to deliver products, with a focus on developing, training, and fine-tuning LLMs for internationalization challenges in a large-scale consumer product.

What you'd actually do

  1. teach Siri how to understand and speak new languages using machine learning, natural language processing, and modern software development
  2. identify target areas and build up the technical understanding to create meaningful contributions
  3. design and structure innovations for global markets that process millions of requests a day
  4. implement them, iterating on a solution both independently as well as in a collaborative environment
  5. share your expertise and mentor others, while continuously learning from colleagues

Skills

Required

  • Native Polish speaker fluency
  • Awareness of the Polish culture
  • ML and NLP techniques
  • ML concepts
  • object-oriented software design and programming
  • working on large code bases
  • analyze data
  • data-driven decisions

Nice to have

  • developing, training, and fine-tuning Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • building scalable workflows leveraging LLMs
  • targeting specific internationalization challenges
  • multilingual data
  • machine translation
  • complexities and tradeoffs involved when scaling to non-English languages
  • Python
  • Swift
  • Rust
  • Objective-C
  • C++
  • Go
  • Product-focused mindset
  • end-user experience
  • interpersonal skills
  • work in a team
  • work independently
  • take and give feedback
  • iterate on a solution in a collaborative and fast-paced environment
  • M.Sc. in Computer Science or related field
  • equivalent experience

What the JD emphasized

  • Native Polish speaker fluency and awareness of the Polish culture
  • Experienced in applying ML and NLP techniques to deliver products
  • Strong skills in object-oriented software design and programming
  • Experience developing, training, and fine-tuning Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • Experience with multilingual data

Other signals

  • ML models applied to production problems
  • state-of-the-art ML technologies that scale to all Siri languages
  • end-to-end user experiences of Global Siri
  • data-driven analysis
  • millions of requests a day
  • large code bases
  • developing, training, and fine-tuning Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • building scalable workflows leveraging them
  • multilingual data
  • scaling to non-English languages