AIML - Software Engineer - AI, Evaluation

Summary

Do you get excited by building software systems to enhance the automatic evaluation of various Apple AI products? Our Evaluation organization is responsible for providing principled assessments across a diverse range of Apple features, from Search, Siri to the latest Apple Intelligence capabilities. Our team specializes in building LLM-as-judge and related tools to improve both the quality and efficiency of these evaluations. We are seeking a highly innovative and passionate AI software engineer to expand our tools and systems.

Description

As an AI Software Engineer on the team, you will design and build tools and systems that sit at the intersection of AI modeling, software engineering, and product quality. You will design and develop extensible frameworks, pipelines, and tools that enable efficient development, deployment, and qualitative measurement of AI models. Due to the breadth of products supported, the role requires strong software design and engineering skills. Your work will directly influence product launch decisions and enable teams across Apple to iterate faster and with greater confidence.

Minimum Qualifications

BS/MS/PhD degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, AI, or a related field.
Exceptional Python skills.
Solid software engineering fundamentals with production experience, including system design, API design, CI/CD, testing strategies, code maintainability, system monitoring, debugging complex systems and etc.
Demonstrated expertise in using AI-assisted software development workflows to accelerate software development while maintaining code quality.
Strong communication skills and proven ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with building LLM applications, frameworks, and offline evaluations.
Familiar with MLOps principles for model lifecycle management.
Experience in building scalable tools for product quality evaluation.
Ability to understand and interpret evaluation reports, including metrics such as precision, recall, run-to-run consistency, and common pitfalls like data leakage.
Product-minded, with a strong ability to translate ambiguous product requirements into solutions.

Pay & Benefits — Cupertino, California, United States

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $150,400 and $277,600, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits

Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Application Deadline

Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.