Machine Learning Engineer, Human Centered AI - Evaluations & Insights

Apple Inc

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On-site
Location
Seattle, WA
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$142,300–$263,300 / yr
Posted
62 days ago
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TL;DR · Machine Learning Engineer, Human Centered AI - Evaluations & Insights

The Machine Learning Engineer, Human Centered AI - Evaluations & Insights joins the Human-Centered AI team for Apple Media Services. This role focuses on bridging the gap between human perception and algorithmic performance by evaluating and optimizing Foundation Models and generative AI systems. You will architect robust evaluation frameworks, design scalable MLOps pipelines for model assessment, and translate qualitative failure modes into programmatic guardrails and training signals like SFT and RLHF/DPO. Key responsibilities include leading rigorous evaluations for LLMs and multimodal models, developing advanced scoring frameworks, and building distributed inference pipelines using Ray and vLLM. You will utilize Python, PyTorch, JAX, and Hugging Face to improve model behavior through RAG strategies, prompt engineering, and fine-tuning while ensuring AI experiences are reliable and safe.

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What you'll do

  • Architect and execute comprehensive evaluation suites for LLMs and multimodal models to identify edge cases and safety issues.
  • Develop deterministic and LLM-assisted scoring frameworks to quantify human-perceived quality metrics like helpfulness and hallucination rates.
  • Translate qualitative failure modes into quantifiable loss patterns, programmatic guardrails, and actionable data-mixture adjustments for model training.
  • Design scalable MLOps pipelines and distributed inference systems to automate regression testing and high-throughput model evaluation.
  • Apply advanced ML techniques like embedding-based clustering to systematically map error taxonomies and latent failure manifolds.
  • Refine model behavior by leveraging evaluation telemetry to inform prompt engineering, RAG strategies, and model fine-tuning.
  • Build automated evaluation pipelines using LLMs to assess outputs at scale with high correlation to human annotations.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of relevant industry experience in ML Engineering or Applied Research.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, or a related technical field.
  • Advanced proficiency in Python and modern deep learning ecosystems like PyTorch, JAX, and Hugging Face.
  • Proven experience building scalable ML inference pipelines, model-evaluation workflows, and structured rating frameworks for large-scale AI systems.
  • Hands-on experience developing, fine-tuning, or evaluating LLMs, multimodal models, and NLP systems.
  • Deep familiarity with AI quality metrics, hallucination detection, model alignment (RLHF/DPO), and LLM-as-a-judge frameworks.
  • Experience building internal tools or automated pipelines for ML workflows using platforms like MLflow or Weights & Biases.
  • Knowledge of human factors, HCI, or cognitive science methodologies as applied to AI system design (preferred).

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