Human-Centered AI ML Engineer: Evaluations & Insights

Apple Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 142,000 - 263,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer for the Human Centered AI team in Seattle to lead evaluation and insights for AI systems powering Apple Media Services.

The role focuses on bridging human perception and model performance, architecting evaluation frameworks, and translating failure modes into training signals. Collaboration spans ML Researchers, Software Engineers, and Product teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in ML Engineering or Applied Research.
• Advanced proficiency in Python and modern deep learning ecosystems (PyTorch, JAX, Hugging Face).
• Proven experience building scalable ML inference pipelines and model evaluation workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead rigorous model evaluations for LLMs and multimodal models.
• Develop evaluation frameworks to quantify human-perceived quality metrics.
• Translate qualitative failure signals into actionable data and training signals.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

JAX

Hugging Face

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science / ML / AI / Cognitive Science

Tools

MLflow

Weights & Biases

Job description

Apple Inc. is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer for the Human Centered AI team in Seattle to lead evaluation and insights for AI systems powering Apple Media Services.

The role focuses on bridging human perception and model performance, architecting evaluation frameworks, and translating failure modes into training signals. Collaboration spans ML Researchers, Software Engineers, and Product teams.