Rishi Malhotra
ML Engineer,
Apple
Sunnyvale, CA
I’m an ML Research Engineer at Apple. Currently, I work on using Reinforcement Learning to train LLMs to induce certain behaviors. I am interested in research on Reinforcement Learning for LLMs and VLA models.
Check out my blog at this link
Experience
Machine Learning Research Engineer @ Apple
2025 - Present
RL training LLMs to improve performance of Apple Intelligence Writing Tools
Data Scientist @ Microsoft
2023 - 2025
Trained LLMs for code completion
Founder, various startups
2022
Built a lot of software
Data Scientist Intern @ Microsoft
2022
Trained DNNs for hardware failure prediction
Data Scientist Intern @ Microsoft
2021
Training BERT classifier for ticket classification
Education
Cornell University
2019 - 2023
BS in Computer Science. Focussed on Machine Learning