AIML - Language Engineer (Japanese), Siri Understanding

We are looking for proven ability to be creative, take ownership of a project, superior technical expertise, and an interest in solving problems that stump most engineers. Having worked on shipping products and being familiar with the rush to the finish line is highly desired. This is an opportunity to durably shape the future of human - computer interaction, and walk the state-of-the-art. Specific responsibilities will include: - Engineer natural language understanding and speech components specific to Japanese, utilizing data science and machine learning expertise. - Develop creative solutions to complex issues; automate wherever possible, integrate workflows across diverse systems. - Work multi-functionally with other teams at Apple across the gamut of components (ASR, NLU, TTS, infrastructure, platforms, data science). - Lead annotation efforts and define language specific representations, conventions and techniques. - Apply a data driven/metrics-based approach towards prioritising and shipping features.