💼 Full-Time Position

AIML - Machine Learning Researcher, Post-Training for Foundation Models

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Apple
📍 Cupertino, CA, United States
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Location
Cupertino, United States
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Posted
June 03, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

**Role Number:** 200645804-0836

**Summary**
We are a group of engineers and researchers responsible for building foundation models at Apple. Within this group, the Post-Training work streams focus on transforming powerful pre-trained checkpoints into helpful, high-quality models that power billions of Apple products. We are looking for researchers who are passionate about foundation model post-training, including Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT), Reinforcement Learning, with experiences in core capabilities such as instruction following, tool use, deep thinking and reasoning.

**Description**
We build frontier foundation models that power intelligent experiences at Apple. Our team works across the full training lifecycle: including pre-training foundation models, and developing mid-training approaches that bridge general capability and task-specific performance. What makes our work distinct is that we're engineering models specifically for Apple silicon and optimize...