Job Details

Machine Learning Engineer

Austin, Texas, United States

Software and Services

Summary

Posted: Apr 17, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200598107

Are you motivated by providing software security technologies to offer the best customer experience and help users protect their accounts? Are you a Machine Learning Engineer who enjoys crafting, implementing and operating analytical solutions? If so, we invite you to come and join the Apple Pay Security team in transforming the smartphone into a device that secures the user's digital life without sacrificing privacy!

Our team employs predictive modeling and statistical analysis techniques and builds end-to-end solutions for improving security, fraud prevention, and operational efficiency across Apple. Our team collaborates cross-functionally with engineering teams across the company.

Apple's dedication to customer privacy, the adversarial nature of fraud, and the enormous scale of the business present exciting challenges to traditional machine learning and data science techniques. Here, we push the limits of existing data science methods by combining applied research with creative ideas and multi-functional collaboration.

Description

We are looking for a Machine Learning Engineer to work on our software security technologies to develop and launch new products. You will work hand-in-hand with software engineers, security engineers, program managers and business partners to understand problems, define data-driven solutions, implement plans and communicate results on a regular basis.

Here you will use your initiative take end-to-end responsibility for translating customer needs into analytical solutions from feature engineering, implementation, model training and reporting. You will have a chance to take ownership of a problem area, apply expertise in machine learning and data science in an innovative and agile environment.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience with machine learning algorithms including classification, clustering algorithms and anomaly detection

• Understanding of relational databases, including SQL, and large-scale distributed systems such as Hadoop and Spark

• Strong programming skills in one or more following language: Scala, Python, Java, Objective-C or similar

• Efficiently and succinctly communicate results of analysis to business partners and executives

• Bring innovation to machine learning, data science and engineering solutions and to push beyond current tools and approaches

• Highly motivated and organized, with the ability to accept ambiguity and deliver outstanding results on tight schedules through multi-functional collaboration

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Statistics, Machine learning or a related technical field or equivalent professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with iOS/Swift

• Understanding of privacy-preserving techniques

• Masters or Ph.D in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Statistics, or Machine Learning or equivalent professional experience.

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.Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

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.Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

Apple will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation.

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