Senior Lead Engineer, AIML Evaluation

Apple Inc

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Work type
On-site
Location
Seattle, WA
Salary
$205,400–$374,300 / yr
Posted
79 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 Lead Engineer, AIML Evaluation

As the AIML - Sr Lead Engineer, Evaluation, you will serve as a technical engineering leader focused on designing and building a next-generation online evaluation platform. You will be responsible for developing a multi-year strategy to create a best-in-class experimentation system while leading a high-performing team to deliver scalable infrastructure. Your daily work involves collaborating across organizational boundaries to align stakeholders, translating ambiguous long-horizon problems into concrete engineering plans, and defining the technical vision for the platform. The role requires deep expertise in the statistical foundations of experimentation, including trade-offs in experiment design. You will work within a service-oriented architecture to enable numerous teams to run rigorous experiments at scale. Relevant experience includes on-device or embedded system experimentation, machine learning or AI-driven product teams, and conducting experiments specifically at the operating system layer.

What you'll do

  • Design and build the next generation of online evaluation platforms.
  • Develop and execute a multi-year strategy for a best-in-class experimentation system.
  • Define the technical vision and strategy for scalable A/B testing infrastructure.
  • Build and lead a high-performing engineering team to deliver core platform features.
  • Translate ambiguous, long-horizon problems into concrete engineering plans and roadmaps.
  • Provide technical leadership to enable multiple teams to run rigorous experiments at scale.
  • Align diverse stakeholders across organizational boundaries on shared infrastructure goals.

What we're looking for

  • 12+ years of experience as a technical engineering leader.
  • Proven experience leading teams building and scaling experimentation or A/B testing platforms in service-oriented architectures.
  • Deep understanding of the statistical foundations of experimentation and design trade-offs.
  • Track record of translating ambiguous, long-horizon problems into concrete engineering plans.
  • Experience collaborating across organizational boundaries to align diverse stakeholders on shared infrastructure.
  • B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science/Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • Preferred experience with on-device or embedded system experimentation and operating system layer experiments.
  • Preferred background in modern evaluation systems and machine learning or AI-driven product teams.

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