Senior Data Scientist, AIML Evaluation

Apple Inc

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On-site
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$175,000–$308,500 / yr
Posted
14 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

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Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company known for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, software, and online services, including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and App Store. Industry: Consumer Electronics & Software

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TL;DR · Senior Data Scientist, AIML Evaluation

As an AIML - Sr Data Scientist, Evaluation, you will join the Data Science and Insights team within the evaluation organization to guide product development through principled measurement and rigorous data usage. You will partner with engineering teams to improve search quality across various devices and languages while developing evaluation methods for products like Siri and Apple Intelligence. Your daily work involves managing large, complex datasets, solving non-routine analysis problems, and building prototype pipelines to provide insights at scale. Key responsibilities include prompt engineering, building LLMs as judges, and addressing accuracy in human annotation data. You will utilize SQL, Spark, Python, R, or Scala to perform statistical data analysis and risk assessment. This role focuses on the technical challenge of improving machine learning algorithms and user experience evaluations for high-scale consumer products.

What does a Data Scientist earn?

Median $162000 from 259 postings across 54 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Research and develop evaluation methods to improve the quality of Siri and Apple Intelligence products.
  • Translate methodological developments into scalable technologies for use by product engineering teams.
  • Solve non-routine analysis problems using advanced techniques, including prompt engineering and building LLMs as judges.
  • Build and prototype iterative analysis pipelines to provide insights from large, complex datasets.
  • Conduct data collection, quality control, and requirements specification for product evaluations.
  • Develop a deep understanding of product data structures and advocate for metric improvements.
  • Partner with engineering teams to evaluate core machine learning algorithms and user experiences.

What we're looking for

  • 5 years of relevant work experience.
  • Advanced degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or similar fields.
  • Proficiency in data science, machine learning, and statistical data analysis.
  • Experience conducting experiments regarding data quality, evaluation, and risk assessment.
  • Strong programming skills including SQL/Spark for data querying and Python, R, or Scala for scripting.
  • Ability to translate business questions into technical solutions and communicate complex topics clearly.
  • Experience with methods addressing accuracy and variability in human annotation data (preferred).
  • Proven ability to collaborate across functions and drive projects of varying scopes (preferred).

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