Apple's Machine Translation is embedded into several products across the iOS, iPadOS, macOS and watchOS ecosystems: from Translate App that is used to communicate across different languages to system-wide translation that allows you to quickly translate any highlighted text into an ever growing list of languages. Your role will be instrumental in applying and improving data and model training pipelines that allow for rapid expansion into supporting new languages and raising the bar for translation quality in shipped models. You will be part of a motivated and dynamic team that is responsible for managing data acquisition projects, training neural machine translation models, and driving evaluation criteria that help to establish an unprecedented translation quality in all of Apple's MT products.
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Strong programming and software engineering skills (Python, C++, Java, or equivalent).
Experience in developing machine translation, speech recognition, or natural language processing systems.
Proficiency in large-scale data processing (Spark, Dask, or equivalent) and data management/analytics.
Excellent communication skills, team player, and ability to manage complex processes across multiple stakeholders with a motivation to create exceptional products for Appleβs customers.
Key Qualifications
Key Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Proven experience in software engineering, with a focus on developing robust applications.
Familiarity with deep learning and neural machine translation is a plus.
Experience in distributed cloud computing environments (GCP, AWS) is a plus.