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AIML - Sr Machine Learning Engineer, Evaluation will join the AIML Evaluation team to build systems that evaluate and refine foundation models and agents. The role involves designing and developing evaluation infrastructure, including LLM-as-judge evaluators, reward models calibrated against human feedback, and automated prompt and context optimization pipelines. You will also develop simulation environments for agent evaluation and trajectory-based data generation while contributing datasets and reward signals to the post-training loop. Key responsibilities include translating failure analysis into measurable improvements across offline, device-in-the-loop, and on-device settings. The position requires expertise in machine learning systems, distributed infrastructure, Python, and PyTorch. Ideal candidates possess experience with LLM evaluation, reward modeling, prompt optimization, agentic systems, and post-training techniques like SFT, DPO, or RLHF to improve the quality of AI experiences across various product areas.
What does a Machine Learning Engineer earn in California?
Median $246394 from 172 postings across 28 companies.