Siri is always learning to speak new languages and provide a locally customized experience. We achieve this by bringing together a diverse team of software engineers with an expert knowledge of languages and cultures.  

If you are fluent in Specified Language, know the customs and have strong software engineering skills, this is an amazing opportunity to shape the Siri experience for millions of users.

Description

As a Language Engineer you will need to be creative, take ownership of projects and have a knack for solving problems that stump most engineers. Having worked on shipping products and being familiar with the rush to the finish line is helpful. 

Specific responsibilities will include: 

• Engineering Natural Language Processing and Speech components specific to your language. 
• Using the power of large amount of data to tackle sophisticated NLP and machine learning problems. 
• Leading data annotation efforts and define language specific representations, conventions and techniques. 
• Analyzing data and making data driven decisions to improve the localized user experience. 
• Automating, scripting and integrating workflow from diverse systems.
• Providing insights and suggestions towards innovative new approaches and new product features tailored to your home market. 
• Developing creative solutions to sophisticated issues. 
• Interacting with other teams at Apple working towards the same goal; from Speech Recognition Specialists, Data Scientists and Speech Synthesis engineers.

If this is you, we'd love to hear from you!

Key Qualifications

• Native speaker fluency in Arabic, Mexican Spanish, Danish, Finnish, German or Hebrew and English.
• Object oriented software design and programming
• Proficiency in more than one programming language, such as Java, C++, Objective C, etc.
• Knowledge of Text Processing and NLP techniques
• Familiarity with machine learning methods for classification, regression, or ranking problems

Education & Experience - B.S/MSc in Computer Science or related fields, or equivalent experience.

Additional Requirements

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Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure 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. Apple is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. Apple is a drug-free workplace